Air Bag System Guidelines

The safety of all vehicle occupants is a primary concern for all Texans. Everyone needs to understand how to properly position and restrain all vehicle occupants, especially children. Remember, air bags are safe and beneficial and are intended to be used with safety belts. Air bags have been credited with saving over 1,600 lives and preventing injuries in thousands of other instances. It needs to be stressed that improperly positioned or belted occupants can be seriously injured or killed during air bag deployment.

Guidelines:

• Always wear and require passengers to wear safety belts (front and back seats).
• Always read and follow child seat manufacturer’s Owner Guide and vehicle Owner Guide.
• Always move driver and front passenger seats as far rearward as practical.
• Never place a rear-facing child seat in front of an air bag.
• Never allow children or other occupants to slide the shoulder belt behind them.
• Always buckle children 12 and under in the rear seat, if possible. Older children should be properly buckled up and are safer in the rear seat.

Never forget, with or without air bags, children are always safer in the rear seat.

“Buckle Up, Children in the Back.”