2003 Saab 9-5 Owner's Manual - Page 23

Safety 23 Child safety WARNING • NEVER put a rear-facing child seat in the front. • Children must always be suitably restrained in the car. All child restraints and booster seats are designed to be secured in vehicle seats by the lap belt of a lap-shoulder belt or LATCH. If the child restraint is not properly secured, a child can be injured or killed in a crash. • Children 12 and under can be killed by the airbag. • According to crash statistics, the BACK SEAT is SAFER for properly restrained children than the front seat. • Sit as far back as possible from the air bag. Car safety tips WARNING • Never leave your children unattended in a car, even for a short time. - Children can suffer heat stroke - perhaps die - in a matter of minutes. - Children can put the car into gear and hurt themselves or others. • At gas stations, take the keys from the car while filling the tank. • Never allow children to climb on top of - or under motor vehicles. • Always look for children before backing your motor vehicle out of a garage or driveway. • To avoid carbon monoxide poisoning, never let a car idle in the garage. • Supervise young children around buckets of water while washing your car. Small children can drown in seconds in less than an inch of water. Protect your children from getting trapped in the trunk of a car WARNING • Teach your children not to play in or around cars. • Watch your children when loading or unloading the car so they don't get locked in by mistake. • Always lock the doors and trunk of your car, and keep the keys out of children´s sight and reach. • Keep the rear fold-down seats closed to help prevent kids from getting into the trunk from inside the car. For Trunk Release Handle information see page 46 and 148.