2003 Chevrolet Astro Owner's Manual - Page 49

__ born infants need complete support,neck. including support for the head and . This is necessary because a newborn infant's neck is weak and its head weighsso much compared with the rest its body. In a crash, of an infant in a rear-facing seat settles into the restraint, so the crash forces can be distributed across the strongest part of an infant's body, the back and shoulders. Infants always should be restrained in appropriate infant restraints. in However, infants, who should be restrained a rear-facing child restraint, cannot ride safely in this vehicle. ~ ~ ~ The body structure of a young cf I i qi ! s unlike that ofan adult or older child, for whom the safety belts are designed. A young child's hip bones arestill 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's unprotected by any bony structure. This alone could cause serious or fatal injuries. Young children always should be secured in appropriate child restraints. 1-42