These data can help provide a better understanding ofthe circumstances in which crashes and injuries occur.NOTE: EDR data are recorded by your vehicle only if anon-trivial crash situation occurs; no data are recorded bythe EDR under normal driving conditions and no per-sonal data (e.g., name, gender, age, and crash location)are recorded. However, other parties, such as law en-forcement, could combine the EDR data with the type ofpersonally identifying data routinely acquired during acrash investigation.To read data recorded by an EDR, special equipment isrequired, and access to the vehicle or the EDR is needed.In addition to the vehicle manufacturer, other parties,such as law enforcement, that have the special equip-ment, can read the information if they have access to thevehicle or the EDR.Child RestraintsEveryone in your vehicle needs to be buckled up at alltimes, including babies and children. Every state in theUnited States, and every Canadian province, requiresthat small children ride in proper restraint systems. Thisis the law, and you can be prosecuted for ignoring it.Children 12 years or younger should ride properlybuckled up in a rear seat, if available. According to crashstatistics, children are safer when properly restrained inthe rear seats rather than in the front.WARNING!In a collision, an unrestrained child can become aprojectile inside the vehicle. The force required tohold even an infant on your lap could become sogreat that you could not hold the child, no matter(Continued)2THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE STARTING YOUR VEHICLE 55