4.PROPERLY SECURING THE CHILD RESTRAINT IN THE VEHICLE using a seat belt designed to restrain a child restraint or by using LATCH. Many seat belts are NOT safe to use with this child restraint, even though they can easily be threaded through or around the child restraint! Vehicle seat belt system MUST hold child restraint securely. Not all vehicle seat belts can be used with a child restraint. If vehicle seat belt does not hold child restraint securely, read “7.0 Choosing An Appropriate Vehicle Seat Location, p.
5.PROPERLY SECURING YOUR CHILD IN THE CHILD RESTRAINT.
• NEVER LEAVE YOUR CHILD UNATTENDED.
• YOU MUST READ your vehicle owner’s manual on child restraint use.
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• Too reclined can result in injury or ejection.
• Too upright can result in breathing difficulties.
•NEVER LEAVE CHILD UNATTENDED, even when sleeping. Child may become tangled in harness straps and suffocate or strangle.
• According to accident statistics, CHILDREN ARE SAFER WHEN PROPERLY
RESTRAINED IN REAR VEHICLE SEATING POSITION, RATHER THAN FRONT SEATING POSITIONS. For a vehicle with a front passenger air bag, refer to your vehicle owner’s manual as well as these instructions for child restraint installation.
• SECURE CHILDREN in rear seat of vehicle whenever possible.
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