2015 Chrysler 200 Owner Manual - Page 86

84 THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE STARTING YOUR VEHICLE These data can help provide a better understanding of Child Restraints the circumstances in which crashes and injuries occur. Everyone in your vehicle needs to be buckled up at all NOTE: EDR data are recorded by your vehicle only if a times, including babies and children. non-trivial crash situation occurs; no data are recorded by Every state in the United States, and every Canadian the EDR under normal driving conditions and no per- province, requires that small children ride in proper sonal data (e.g., name, gender, age, and crash location) restraint systems. This is the law, and you can be prosare recorded. However, other parties, such as law en- ecuted for ignoring it. forcement, could combine the EDR data with the type of personally identifying data routinely acquired during a Children 12 years or younger should ride properly buckled up in a rear seat, if available. According to crash crash investigation. statistics, children are safer when properly restrained in To read data recorded by an EDR, special equipment is the rear seats rather than in the front. required, and access to the vehicle or the EDR is needed. In addition to the vehicle manufacturer, other parties, such as law enforcement, that have the special equipment, can read the information if they have access to the vehicle or the EDR.