2003 Cadillac Seville Owner's Manual - Page 36

Newbc inl-...ts need complete support, including support for the head and neck. is This necessary because newborn infant's neck is a weak and its head weighs so much compared with the rest its body. In a crash, infant ina of an rear-facing seat settles into the restraint, the so crash forcescan be distributed across the strongest part an infant's body, the back and of shoulders. Infants always should secured in be appropriate infant restraints. ~ ~ ~ The bL,y s..~cture of a young child is quite unlike that of an adult or older child, for whom the safety belts are designed. 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 crash, the a belt would apply force on a body area that's unprotected by any bony structure. This alone could cause serious or fatal injuries. Young children always should be secured in appropriate child restraints. 1-29