Air Bag and Seat Belt Safety Campaign
Always slide the seat back
- and sit back!
Buckle Everyone!
Children in Back!
Air bags and seat
belts save lives. But they are designed to work together.
Everyone should be buckled and children should be properly
restrained in the back seat. Remember, the most important
safety step in any vehicle is to buckle your seat belt - on every
ride. Children riding in the front seat can be seriously
injured or killed when an air bag comes out in a crash.
Crashes are violent and fast. So to protect you, an air bag
comes out of the dashboard in the blink of an eye with great force.
It can hurt those who are too close to it, particularly those
unbelted. Prevent serious injuries by following these critical
safety points:
- Children 12 and under should ride properly restrained in a
rear seat.
- Infants should never ride in the front seat of a vehicle with
a passenger air bag.
- Small children should ride in a rear seat in child safety
seats approved for their age and size.
- Check your vehicle owner's manual and the instructions
provided with your child safety seat for correct use information.
- Everyone should buckle both lap and shoulder belts where
available.
- Drivers should sit at least 10 inches from the center of the
steering wheel to their breastbone for the clearest margin of
safety.
Since research shows driver belt use determines child belt use,
strengthening enforcement of seat belt laws nationwide will bet more
children and adults buckled up.
