Toyota 4Runner 4 IV N210 owners manual page 61

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’04 4Runner_U (L/O 0308) Seat belts— —Seat belt precautions Toyota strongly urges that the driver and Do not allow any children to stand up orCAUTION passengers in the vehicle be properly re-kneel on either rear or front seats. An strained at all times with the seat belts unrestrained child could suffer serious in-Persons should ride in their seats provided. Failure to do so could increase jury or death during emergency braking orproperly wearing their seat belts the chance of injury and/or the severity ofa collision. Also, do not let the child sit injury in accidents. on your lap. Holding a child in your armswhenever the vehicle is moving. The seat belts provided for your vehicledoes not provide sufficient restraint.Otherwise, they are much more likely are designed for people of adult sizPre,egnant woman. Toyota recommends theto suffer serious bodily injury or large enough to properly wear them.use of a seat belt. Ask your doctor for death in the event of sudden braking specific recommendations. The lap beltor a collision. Child. Use a child restraint system ap- When using the seat belts, observe propriate for the child until the child be- should be worn securely and as low asthe following: comes large enough to properly wear thepossible over the hips and not on the vehicle’s seat belts. See “Child restraint” waist. Use the belt for only one person at on page 88 in this Section for details. Injured perso Tn. oyota recommends thea time. Do not use a single belt for If a child is too large for a child restraint use of a seat belt. Depending on the inju-two or more people—even children. system, the child should sit in the rear ry, first check with your doctor for specific To reduce the risk of sliding under recommendation. the lap belt during a collision, seat and must be restrained using the avoid reclining the seatback any vehicle’s seat belt. According to accident more than needed. The seat belts statistics, the child is safer when properly provide maximum protection in a restrained in the rear seat than in the frontal or rear collision when the front seat. driver and the front passenger are If a child must sit in the front seat, the sitting up straight and well back in seat belts should be worn properly. If an the seats. If you are reclined, the accident occurs and the seat belts are not lap belt may slide past your hips worn properly, the force of the rapid infla- and apply restraint forces directly tion of the airbag may cause death or to the abdomen. In the event of a serious injury to the child. frontal collision, the more the seat is reclined, the greater the risk of personal injury. 61 2004 4RUNNER from Aug. ’03 Prod. (OM35811U)

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