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Hello, kids! Today's Tip is about air bag safety. Scroll on down and check it out.
AIR BAG SAFETY TIPS
Child Safety Points:
Children 12 and under should ride buckled up in a rear seat.
Infants in rear facing child safety seats should NEVER ride in the front seat of a vehicle with a passenger side air bag.
Small children should ride in a rear seat in child safety seats approved for their age and size.
If a child over one year old must ride in the front seat with a passenger side air bag, put the child in a front facing child safety seat, a booster seat, or a correct fitting lap/shoulder belt - AND move the seat as far back as possible.
Adult Safety Points:
Everyone should buckle up with both lap and shoulder belts on every trip. Air bags are supplemental protection devices. The lap belt should be worn under the abdomen and low across the hips. The shoulder portion should come over the collar bone away from the neck and cross over the breast bone. The shoulder belt in most new cars can be adjusted on the side pillar to improve fit.
Driver and front passenger seats should be moved as far back as practical, particularly for shorter statured people.
Here's another very important note from another source:
The force of an airbag can hurt those who are too close to it . . . Placing yourself 10 inches (25 cm) from your driver airbag gives you a clear margin of safety. Measure this distance from the center of the steering wheel to your breastbone. Source: HowStuffWorks "Airbag Safety Concerns"
Children 12 and under should ride buckled up in a rear seat. Infants in rear facing child safety seats should NEVER ride in the front seat of a vehicle with a passenger side air bag.
I would like to add to this.
Please, don't allow your pets to ride in the front seat either!
I make any "air bag" riding with me keep still and let me do the talking. Old air bags are the worst, and that's most of what I get in the truck or car anymore.
Note: Watch where you place your hands on the steering wheel. If the bag goes off you could break an arm or smash your face. AAA recommends the 15 and 45 hour position instead of the older 10 and 50 position. The new position will push your arms and hands out and away from your body if the bag goes off.
Note: Watch where you place your hands on the steering wheel. If the bag goes off you could break an arm or smash your face. AAA recommends the 15 and 45 hour position instead of the older 10 and 50 position. The new position will push your arms and hands out and away from your body if the bag goes off.
Did AAA explain how to maintain these hand positions as you steer around corners.....?? I've had the steering wheel bag go off. It burns your wrists (propellant I assume).
No kids to worry about and my cats ride on the back seat. Most of my travel is riding shotgun leaning back some. I think my wife may sit to close but she has bumpers that I don't have to help with the blast.
I make any "air bag" riding with me keep still and let me do the talking. Old air bags are the worst, and that's most of what I get in the truck or car anymore.
LOL! You guys are hilarious...
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Originally Posted by Nomadicus
No kids to worry about and my cats ride on the back seat. Most of my travel is riding shotgun leaning back some. I think my wife may sit to close but she has bumpers that I don't have to help with the blast.
Nomad, are you a side-seat driver? Bumpers? Never thought of it that way.
Pam, these are good tips. Having been a first responder for a lot of years, I can assure you that sitting too close to the steering wheel airbag really can cause a serious injury.
For shorter drivers I'd have blocks installed on the foot pedals just so you sit 10" from the airbag I'll need to take my tape out and measure this today.
Great tips Pam
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