Children's safety five-point car protection more secure

Recently, the Standing Committee of the Shanghai Municipal People’s Congress voted on the decision to revise the “Regulations on the Protection of Minors in Shanghai”. The regulations stipulate that children as young as 12 years of age cannot be arranged to sit in the co-pilot seat as of March 1st. When a 4 year old child rides a private car, it should be equipped and properly used with child safety seats.

This is not new in foreign countries, but around us, holding the child sitting in the back of the car and even the driver's seat, is a matter for many mothers to use.

Hangzhou mothers, are you ready to liberate your hands and add a safety seat for your child?

Ye Nianwei said that Qi Qi, the son, was less than 3 and a half years old. The "sitting age" of the safety seats was already two and a half years.

From 10 months onwards, when Qiqi was riding in a car, she was required by her mother to sit in a child safety seat. "I don't approve of the child sitting in the driver's seat. We often run at high speed. With a safety seat, I drive alone and place him in the rear seat safety seat. I feel more at ease." Ye Nianwei was in the UK. To study abroad, it is not uncommon for a child to sit in a safety seat abroad: “If you don’t sit in a safety seat, you can’t get on the road.”

On one occasion, a friend who had lived in the United States for many years took his children back home to visit relatives. In addition to carrying several large suitcases, he was still in trouble and took the child's safety seat. This touched her greatly. . She said: "More and more people are sitting around with their children in safety seats. However, some people are too occupied and do not give their children safety seats. We can only say that the safety awareness of these parents is too weak."

"In the beginning, Kiki didn't like to sit alone in a safety seat, but he was also restrained by a seat belt and often cried unhappily when he sat up. However, the child's adaptability was still strong. Now, Qiqi is on the train. I climbed into the safety seat myself, and I took the seat belts on my own. When I stopped the car, I asked if I would get off the train. With a positive answer, he would unlock the seat belt himself. Ready to get off."

She reminded other mothers, but don't give up your child's safety seat because of the child's crying. The child's neck is very fragile. The most fatal part of many children's safety accidents is this part. The safety seat can play a good role in protecting the child's neck and upper body.

For the safety seats with uneven quality on the market, the returnee mother also had “selective difficulties”. After a series of comparisons, she finally chose Haitao to purchase a brand-name safety seat from Germany.

Kiki's first safety seat took more than two years, and the careful mother had recently upgraded his "throne."

“It started with a seat that was 0-4 years old, but by the age of two, when the child got into it, it clearly felt like he was stuck, like a dumpling. Maybe now the domestic babies are overweight and they wear winter clothes. It was more. Later, I bought from Germany the same brand of seats for children aged 18 months to 12 years old.” Ye Nianwei said that this money can not be saved.

The reporter visited several 4S shops in Hangzhou and hardly saw any child safety seats.

The staff of these 4S stores stated that they had no choice but to abandon the sales market for child safety seats. On the one hand, Hangzhou’s safety awareness was not enough and there were not many people to buy; on the other hand, there was a certain amount of sales of child safety seats. The risks and responsibilities are relatively large, and this is actually closely related to the quality of child safety seats.

Although, in July 2012, the first mandatory national standard on the restraint device for child seats of motor vehicles, the “Restriction System for Motor Vehicle Child Occupants” (GB27887-2011) was implemented, but this standard only regulates safety seats. The standards for production have so far failed to establish the authority to inspect products and issue certifications.

According to industry sources, the cost of testing a child safety seat is as high as more than 100,000 yuan. The quality of many child safety seats on the market is indeed difficult to guarantee.

Many young parents now buy child seats through online shopping or mother and child stores. So how can we choose a suitable seat for the child?

Many Chinese parents always want to buy a product from birth to 12 years old when they purchase a child safety seat. In developed countries in Europe and America, child safety seats are scientifically divided into 5 groups according to their weight and age.

If the safety seats are purchased in strict accordance with such standards, it is not economical for the family. In order to comply with the needs of domestic consumers, many brands now design products that span ages. In general, children need at least two safety seats of different ages from birth to growth.

When the child weighs 0-18kg (birth - 4 years old), secure the seat with a three-point seatbelt on the vehicle, and protect the child with a five-point harness; when the child weighs 15-25kg (about 4-6 years old) At that time, the five-point seat belt can be dismantled and the safety seat and child can be fixed with a three-point seat belt.

When the safety seat needs to be upgraded, there are also experiences to follow.

When the baby exceeds the weight limit and can sit without assistance, or if the baby's head is higher than the top of the infant carrier, stop using the baby carrier.

When the upper edge of the frame is roughly at the child's eye level or the child exceeds the weight limit, stop using the 9-18kg (about 9 months - 4 years old) group of seats.

Do not go too early to the 15-36kg (about ages 3-12) group because these seats are wider and suitable for older children. The smaller child's shoulders are too narrow to be securely fastened to the seat belts.

Currently there are many brands of child safety seats on the market, ranging in price from a few hundred dollars to a few thousand dollars. When choosing a safety seat, parents must choose products that have passed safety certification. For example, to see if there is an authoritative certification mark, such as European ECE/R44 certification mark and CQC voluntary certification mark, CCAP voluntary certification mark and national standard GB27887-2011 standard mark.

How to choose a child car seat?

1. Many safety seat materials on the market are ordinary plastics, foams, and sponges. These materials cannot really play a role in shock absorption. We must choose a seat with good shock-absorbing materials such as EPP filled seats, especially the head. At the key parts of the shoulder, only the top shock absorbing materials are used to ensure adequate protection for the child.

2. The safety seat is divided into five-point protection and front body protection, and the five-point seat belt can protect the child's body parts from harm in all directions.

3. Choose a safety seat that fits your baby's age, height, and weight to ensure that important parts such as the head and neck are truly protected, and weight and height are the main reference.

4, the seat fabric to buy comfortable, breathable, soft and non-irritating, because the child's face, neck and other parts of the skin and the chair close contact.

5, to check the safety seat and car size, seat belt length, seat belt buckle position match. Not every safety seat is suitable for every car. According to your car model, you must choose the right safety seat. Before you buy, read the vehicle manual in detail. It is best to buy before driving. Test the car and see if it is match.

6, the current safety seat has three installation methods.

The first one is directly installed on a vehicle-mounted seat belt and is basically suitable for all models.

The second is the ISOFIX technology (International Organization for Standardization). The advantage of the ISOFIX interface is that the child car safety seat and car can be firmly connected together, which is more convenient for installation, but it has restrictions on the car model and must be configured with an ISOFIX interface.

The third type is LATCH technology (mainly in American cars). A child safety seat in accordance with the LATCH system has three hooks at the same position on both sides of the seat and on the back of the chair. As long as the child safety seat is placed on the car seat and a crisp locking sound is heard, the installation is completed. Simple and convenient, not easy to make mistakes.

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