Mercedes Benz SLR McLaren R199 owners manual page 78

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Safety and Security Occupant safety Occupants, especially children, should A child in a rear-facing child restraint on restraint on the passenger seat will be never place their bodies or lean their heads the passenger seat will be seriously seriously injured or even killed if the in the area of the door where the injured or even killed if the passenger passenger front air bag and/or the head-thorax air bag inflates. This could front air bag inflates in a collision which passenger knee air bag inflate. result in serious personal injuries or death could occur under some circumstances, even with the air bag technology If you place a child in a forward-facing should the head-thorax air bag be triggered. installed in your vehicle. child restraint on the passenger seat, Always sit nearly upright, properly use the move the seat as far back as possible, seat belt and use an appropriately sized in- If you install a rear-facing child restraint use the proper child restraint recom- fant or toddler restraint or booster seat rec-on the passenger seat, make sure that mended for the age, size and weight of ommended for the size and weight of the the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF indicator the child, and secure child restraint with child. lamp is illuminated, indicating that the the vehicle’s seat belt according to the passenger front air bag and the passen-child seat manufacturer’s instructions. Children can be killed or seriously injured by ger knee air bag are deactivated. Should For children larger than the typical an inflating air bag. Note the following the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF indicator 12-month-old child, the passenger front important information when you place a lamp not illuminate or go out while the air bag may or may not be activated child in the passenger seat:restraint is installed, please check in-page68). stallation. Periodically check the PAS-( Your vehicle is equipped with air bag SENGER AIR BAG OFF indicator lamp technology designed to turn off the pas-while driving to make sure the PASSEN- senger front air bag and the passenger GER AIR BAG OFF indicator lamp is knee air bag in your vehicle when the illuminated. If the PASSENGER AIR BAG OCS senses the weight of a typical OFF indicator lamp goes out or remains 12-month-old child or less along with out, do not transport a child on the pas- the weight of a standard appropriate senger seat until the system has been child restraint on the passenger seat. repaired. A child in a rear-facing child 77

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