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Protecting Children ʵ General Guidelines

Additional Safety Precautions Use the childproof door locks to Lock all doors and the trunk when
Neverhold an infant orchild on prevent children from opening the your vehicle is not in use. Children
your lap. If you are not wearing a rear doors. This can prevent who play in vehicles can
seat belt in a crash, you could be children from accidentally falling accidentally get trapped inside.
thrown forward and crush the out (see page 79 ). Teach your children not to play in Driver
child against the dashboard or a or around vehicles. Know how to
seat-back. If you are wearing a Do not leave children alone in a operate the emergency trunk
seat belt, the child can be torn vehicle. Leaving children without opener and decide if your children
from your arms and be seriously adult supervision is illegal in most should be shown how to use this and Passenger
hurt or killed. states and Canadian provinces, feature(seepage 84 ).
and can be very hazardous.
Never put a seat belt over yourself Keep vehicle keys and remote
and a child. During a crash, the For example, infants and small transmitters out of the reach of Safety
belt could press deep into the child childrenleft ina vehicle ona hot children. Even very young
and cause serious or fatal injuries. day can die from heatstroke. A children learn how to unlock
child left alone with the key in the vehicle doors, turn on the ignition
Never let two children use the ignition can accidentally set the switch, and open the trunk, which
same seat belt. If they do, they vehicle in motion, possibly injuring can lead to accidental injury or
could be very seriously injured in a themselves or others. death.
crash.

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