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PARENTS
FIGHTING.
Parents
are fighting the battle to protect their kids when travelling by
car. They seek out the best model kids car seats and struggle with
the often frustrating and awkward process of installing the seat
properly in the confined space of their vehicle.
Don't
give up - This is one battle that you must win with the difference
between success and failure literally being the difference between
life and death.
Vehicle
crashes are the leading cause of death for children in the U.S.
Putting children in age and size appropriate car and booster seats
reduces serious and fatal injuries. Infant seats by 71% and toddler
seats by 54%.
All
children up to 8 years of age must be secured in an appropriate child
restraint system commonly called a baby booster seat or a children's
car seat.
NHTSA
research shows that 8,325 lives of children under 5 have been saved
by the proper use of child restraints during the past 30 years. Child
restraints offer the best protection up to the age of 8 years, after
which normal seat belts provide the best protection. Volvo Cars of
North America a company renowned for its pioneering contributions to
vehicle safety recommend that the safest place for all children up to
12 years of age is in the back!
80%
of children's car seats are found not to have been installed
correctly yet children located securely in properly fitted car seats
have emerged from horrendous crashes with barely a scratch.
1.
Rear-facing Child Safety Seats - Infants up to minimum 1 year old or
20 pounds in weight.
2.
Child Safety Seats - When they are too large for the rear-facing
seats (minimum 1 year or 20 pounds) they should ride in a
forward-facing child safety seats, secured via the LATCH/ISOFIX or
seatbelt (preferably in the middle seat) until they are aged around 4
years or 40 pounds.
3.
Booster Seats - For older kids, booster seats are generally located
on the driver or passenger sides so as to make use of the car's
safety belts. Both the booster seat and the car's safety belt should
be adjusted so that the child is protected properly with the shoulder
strap covering the shoulders and not across the neck.
They
should ride in booster seats until the vehicles normal seat belts fit
them properly, in that the lap belt lays across the upper thigh and
the shoulder belt fits properly across the chest and usually that is
when the child is at least 4' 9" tall.
Generally
it is recommended that children should always ride in the back seat
even when they are big enough to be wearing the normal vehicle seat belts.
Installing
a Child Safety Seat.
If
you are not using the services of a certified installer check your
vehicle owner's manual to see if they recommend a make and model
safety seat and follow their instruction for correct installation.
Also read and understand the instructions from the make of the car
seat itself. If you are in any doubt have your seat installed by a
certified professional and at least have your own installation
checked out by a certified technician.
This
is important - Choose a seat with 5 or 6 point harness. Safety seats
MUST be firmly strapped in place, lean down heavily on it to push the
seat down whilst strapping it in place and adjust the straps of the
seat itself so that the chest plate or clhtml is positioned up under
the armpit level so as to prevent the child slipping out. Once a seat
is installed correctly you should not be able to move it more than an
inch. If it is just too awkward to push the seat down whilst
strapping it in then get someone else to help add the weight to it.
As a
parent or guardian it is your responsibility to provide the child
safety seat to anyone else who transports your child. All children
under 8 years of age must be transported only in the back seat of a
motor vehicle and they must be secured with a safety belt system that
is appropriate for their age and weight. A child weighing more than
40 pounds may be secured in the back seat of a motor vehicle wearing
only a lap seat belt but then only if the vehicle does not have any
lap and shoulder belts provided for the back seat.
The
airbag systems usually found in modern vehicles are designed to offer
protection to adults but in fact front and side impact airbags can be
hazardous to children who should always be in the back and correctly
positioned in children's car safety seats appropriate for their age
and weight. If all else fails and you just have to put your kid in
the front then use their safety seat with the vehicle passenger seat
pushed back as far as it will go and turn the passenger airbag system off.
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