Table of Contents Cadillac Escalade - IFS Europe BV

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Seats and Restraints
CAUTION
Infants need complete support,
including support for the head
and neck. In a crash, an infant
in a rear-facing child seat settles
into the restraint, so the crash
forces can be distributed across
the strongest parts of an
infant’s body, the back and
shoulders.
Infants should always be
secured in appropriate infant
restraints.
CAUTION
A young child's hip bones are
still so small that the vehicle's
regular safety belt may not
remain low on the hip bones, as
it should. Instead, it may settle
up around the child's abdomen.
In a crash, the belt would apply
force on a body area that is
unprotected by any bony
structure. This alone could
cause serious or fatal injuries.
To reduce the risk of serious or
fatal injuries, young children
should always be secured in
appropriate child restraints.
CAUTION
A child can be seriously injured
or killed in a crash if the child is
not properly secured in the
child restraint. Follow the
instructions that come with the
restraint.
These restraints use the safety belt
system or anchoring system in
your vehicle, but the child also has
to be secured within the restraint
to help reduce the chance
of personal injury. Follow the
instructions that come with the
restraint.
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