1996 Cadillac Eldorado Owner's Manual - Page 49

Child Restraints Be sure the child restraint is designed to be usedin a vehicle. If it is, it will have a label saying that it meets Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards. follow the instructions for the restraint. You may fina these instructions on the restraint itself or in a booklet, or both. These restraints use the belt system in your vehicle, but the child also has to be secured within the restraint to help reduce the chance of personal injury. The instructions that come with the infant or child restraint will show you howto do that. 'I r ~ Where to Put the Restraint Accident statistics show that children are safer if they are restrained in the rear rather than the front We at seat. General Motors, therefore, recommend that you put your child restraint in the rear seat.Never put a rear-facing child restraint in the front passenger seat. Here's why: A child in a rear-facing child restraint can be passenger's air seriously injured if the right front bag inflates. This is because the backof a rear-facing child restraint would be very close to the inflatingair bag. Always secure a rear-facing child restraint in the rear seat. You may, however, secure a forward-facing child restraint in the right front seat. Before you secure a forward-facing child restraint, always move the front passenger seatas far back as it will go. Or, secure the child restraint in the rear seat. Wherever you install it, be sure to secure the child restraint properly. Keep in mind that an unsecured child restraint can move around in a collision or sudden stop and injurepeople in the vehicle. Be sure to properly secure any child restraint in your vehicle -- even when no child is in it. 1-34