2013 Jeep Patriot Owner's Manual - Page 77

THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE STARTING YOUR VEHICLE 75 • How various systems in your vehicle were operating; To read data recorded by an EDR, special equipment is required, and access to the vehicle or the EDR is needed. • Whether or not the driver and passenger safety belts In addition to the vehicle manufacturer, other parties, were buckled/fastened; such as law enforcement, that have the special equip• How far (if at all) the driver was depressing the ment, can read the information if they have access to the accelerator and/or brake pedal; and, vehicle or the EDR. • How fast the vehicle was traveling. Child Restraints These data can help provide a better understanding of Everyone in your vehicle needs to be buckled up at all times, including babies and children. Every state in the the circumstances in which crashes and injuries occur. United States, and every Canadian province, requires NOTE: EDR data are recorded by your vehicle only if a that small children ride in proper restraint systems. This non-trivial crash situation occurs; no data are recorded by is the law, and you can be prosecuted for ignoring it. the EDR under normal driving conditions and no personal data (e.g., name, gender, age, and crash location) Children 12 years or younger should ride properly are recorded. However, other parties, such as law en- buckled up in a rear seat, if available. According to crash forcement, could combine the EDR data with the type of statistics, children are safer when properly restrained in personally identifying data routinely acquired during a the rear seats rather than in the front. crash investigation. 2