Black plate (51,1)Cadillac SRX Owner Manual - 2011Seats and Restraints 3-51{ WARNINGTo reduce the risk of neck andhead injury during a crash,infants need complete support.This is because an infant's neckis not fully developed and its headweighs so much compared withthe rest of its body. In a crash,an infant in a rear-facing childrestraint settles into the restraint,so the crash forces can bedistributed across the strongestpart of an infant's body, the backand shoulders. Infants shouldalways be secured in rear-facingchild restraints.{ WARNINGA young child's hip bones are stillso small that the vehicle's regularsafety belt may not remain lowon the hip bones, as it should.Instead, it may settle up aroundthe child's abdomen. In a crash,the belt would apply force on abody area that is unprotected byany bony structure. This alonecould cause serious or fatalinjuries. To reduce the risk ofserious or fatal injuries during acrash, young children shouldalways be secured in appropriatechild restraints.Child Restraint Systems(A) Rear‐Facing Infant SeatA rear-facing infant seat (A)provides restraint with the seatingsurface against the back of theinfant.The harness system holds the infantin place and, in a crash, acts tokeep the infant positioned in therestraint.
