CHILD SAFETY
GENERAL POINTS RELATING
TO CHILD SEATS
INSTALLING A CHILD SEAT
USING A THREE POINT SEAT
BELT
Although one of PEUGEOT’s main cri-
teria when designing your vehicle, the
safety of your children also depends on
you.
For maximum safety, please follow it is essential that the passenger air adjust the vehicle’s seat to the interme-
these precautions:
bag is disarmed. Otherwise, the child diate longitudinal position with the seat
"Rearwardsꢀfacing"
When a "rearwards-facing" child seat is When a "forwards-facing" child seat is
installed on the front passenger seat, installed on the front passenger seat,
"Forwardsꢀfacing"
would risk being seriously injured or back upright and leave the passenger
killed if the air bag were to inflate.
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in accordance with Directive
2003/20, all children under the
age of 12 or less than one metre
fifty tall must travel in approved
child seats suited to their weight,
on seats fitted with a seat belt or
ISOFIX mountings*,
air bag armed.
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statistically, the safest seats in
your vehicle for the transportation
of children are the rear seats,
a child weighing less than 9 kg
must travel in the "rearwardsꢀ
facing" position both in the front
and in the rear.
Intermediate longitudinal position
PEUGEOT recommends that chil-
dren should travel in the rear seats
of your vehicle:
i
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"rearwardsꢀfacing" up to the
age of 2,
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"forwardsꢀfacing" over the
age of 2.
* The rules for transporting children are
specific to each country. Consult the
current legislation in your country.
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