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Keeping Children Safe in Your Vehicle

Air bags save lives. However, children must be properly seated and restrained at all times. This fact sheet tells you about the four stages of child safety in vehicles equipped with side air bags. No matter what the age of your child, it is important to follow some basic guidelines when travelling with children in your vehicle.

Basic Guidelines 

  • Use the appropriate child restraint correctly.
  • Keep children in the rear seat (the "KID ZONE").
  • Keep kids out of the way of all air bags.
  • Keep toys, blankets and other objects from getting between your child and an air bag.
  • Check the child’s position throughout the journey.
Kid Zone

For details on each stage of child restraint use, see section 4.
  


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