What weight is safe for an airbag?
Car manufacturers typically design airbags to protect an adult who’s at least 5 feet tall and roughly 150 pounds. Even if a child is wearing a seat belt correctly when riding in the front seat, they’re more likely to sustain injuries from a passenger airbag than an adult.
Can a child ride in the back of a car with an air bag?
When used with seat belts, airbags work well to protect teenagers and adults; however, airbags can be very dangerous to children, particularly to those riding in rear-facing seats and to preschoolers and young school-aged children who are not properly restrained.
How tall does a child have to be to ride in a car seat?
Here’s what you need to know about children riding in the car, as well as car seat safety tips by age. Car manufacturers typically design airbags to protect an adult who’s at least 5 feet tall and roughly 150 pounds.
Is it necessary to install air bags for children?
Eliminate potential risks of air bags to children by buckling them in the back seat for every ride. Plan ahead so that you do not have to drive with more children than can be safely restrained in the back seat. For most families, installation of air bag on/off switches is not necessary.
Can you put a rear facing car seat in front of an active air bag?
Never put a rear-facing car seat in front of an active air bag. If a car seat can’t be placed in the back seat, disable the passenger airbag to reduce the risk for injury. The following are some guidelines by age to using the appropriate car seat:
When used with seat belts, airbags work well to protect teenagers and adults; however, airbags can be very dangerous to children, particularly to those riding in rear-facing seats and to preschoolers and young school-aged children who are not properly restrained.
All children should be properly secured in car seats, belt-positioning booster seats, or the seat belts correct for their size. All infants and toddlers should ride in a rear-facing car seat as long as possible or until they reach the highest weight or height allowed by their car safety seat’s manufacturer.
Eliminate potential risks of air bags to children by buckling them in the back seat for every ride. Plan ahead so that you do not have to drive with more children than can be safely restrained in the back seat. For most families, installation of air bag on/off switches is not necessary.
What should the weight of an air bag be?
The Federal regulations define an infant – 12 year = almost zero to 80 lbs. For adults, it defines the smallest adult (the average weight of the lowest 5% of American women) as 108 lbs. There is a “dead band” between 80 lbs and 108 pounds that it is possible that the light (and airbag) is either on or off in that weight range.