2012 GMC Canyon Owner's Manual - Page 81

Seats and Restraints WARNING (Continued) the rest of its body. In a crash, an infant in a rear-facing child restraint 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 should always be secured in rear-facing child restraints. 3-37 WARNING (Continued) injuries. To reduce the risk of serious or fatal injuries during a crash, young children should always be secured in appropriate child restraints. The harness system holds the infant in place and, in a crash, acts to keep the infant positioned in the restraint. Child Restraint Systems { WARNING 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 (Continued) (B) Forward-Facing Child Seat A forward-facing child seat (B) provides restraint for the child's body with the harness. (A) Rear‐Facing Infant Seat A rear-facing infant seat (A) provides restraint with the seating surface against the back of the infant.