The use of child safety seats is included in legislation, and surveys show that only 30% of parents in Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen use it under any circumstances

  As the use of child safety seats is included in the newly revised National Law of the People’s Republic of China on the Protection of Minors for the first time, child safety seats have become a necessary option for children to travel by car.

  On June 1, the newly revised "Law of the People’s Republic of China on the Protection of Minors" was formally implemented. Article 18 stipulates that "Parents or other guardians of minors shall provide minors with a safe family living environment, and adopt children Measures such as safety seats and educating minors to abide by traffic rules to prevent minors from being injured by traffic accidents.”

This marks the first time that the use of child safety seats has been incorporated into national legislation, reflecting the national level of attention to children's health travel.

  To protect the safety of children in the car, the correct use of restraint devices such as child safety seats are currently recognized as the most effective measures.

  The World Health Organization’s “2018 Global Status of Road Safety Report” shows that child restraint devices are very effective in reducing the injuries and deaths of child occupants. The use of child restraint devices can reduce the number of deaths by at least 60%. Better protection.

For children aged 8 to 12, compared with the use of seat belts, the use of booster pads can reduce the risk of injury in a car accident by 19%.

Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen home safety seats "always use" rate to be improved

  Since July 1, 2012, my country's first national standard for children riding "Restriction System for Child Occupants of Motor Vehicles" was officially implemented, the current awareness and popularization of child safety seats has entered a new stage.

  The latest "Research Report on the Awareness and Use of Child Safety Seats" released by the Global Child Safety Organization (China) and General Motors shows that the current parent ownership rate of child safety seats in Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen has reached 79%, while Shanghai Child Safety The seat ownership rate reached 86%, significantly higher than that of Beijing and Shenzhen.

Take Shanghai as an example. Compared with 2017, the proportion of Shanghai households equipped with safety seats for children has increased by 18% in the past four years.

This also shows that in recent years, all sectors of society have played a positive role in the continuous promotion of the use of child safety seats.

  It is also found from the research report that the rate of safety seats is not significantly related to family income, but is positively correlated with the education level of parents. The higher the education level, the higher the ratio of children with safety seats.

  Although the ownership rate of the three places is considerable, the "always use" rate still needs to be improved.

From the perspective of families with safety seats in the three places, 53% “always use” child safety seats; 41% of parents start to use child safety seats after their children are 1 year old; only 30% of parents get off at any distance and time All will use child safety seats.

“Children’s reluctance to sit”, “driving indoors, short distances and slow speeds” and “inconvenient installation and use” are the main reasons why child safety seats are not always used.

Child safety seats need to be used more correctly

  Many parents have misunderstandings about the use of child safety seats. Parents should pay more attention to how to use them correctly.

  First of all, many parents think that the baby can not use the safety seat and feel that it is safer to hold it in the arms.

In fact, when a vehicle collides at a speed of 50 km/h, a child weighing 12 kilograms will become a weight of hundreds of kilograms.

In addition, if the adult is allowed to hold the child and the adult does not wear a seat belt when the impact occurs, the impact generated by the adult will press on the child, and the child will become an airbag for the adult.

While holding your child in the passenger seat, you must absolutely avoid it, because when a collision occurs, the child will first touch the airbag, which has too much impact on the child.

  Secondly, it is not good to ask the child to sit forward too early.

According to the height, weight and age of the child's body growth in different periods, the safety seat or safety belt should be selected in four stages to protect the child's safety in the car.

The first stage: reverse child safety seat; suitable for children: weight 0-13 kg; reference age: under 1 year old and 1 year old.

(Reverse installation of child safety seats, as long as the weight of the child is within the load-bearing range of the seat, as far as possible, let the children use the reverse child safety seat to better protect the child’s cervical spine.) The second stage: positive Toward child safety seat (child safety seat); suitable for children: weight 9-18 kg; reference age: 1-4 years old.

The third stage: booster cushion seat (with backrest booster pad or without backrest booster cushion); suitable for children: weigh 15-36 kg, height under 145 cm; reference age: 4-11 years old.

The fourth stage: seat belts for adults; suitable for children: weight over 36 kg, height 145 cm and over; reference age: 11 years old and over.

  Thirdly, too loose seat belts are not safe, and children are easily thrown out of the seat in the event of a car accident.

When a child sits in a safety seat, only a safety belt with one finger in it is considered qualified.

(Also consider whether the child’s clothes are smooth. Clothes made of smooth fabrics like down jackets should be taken off before wearing seat belts.) In addition, before each driving, parents should also check whether the bottom of the seat is properly installed and grasp it safely. Try shaking the bottom of the seat forward and left and right. If the shaking is more than 3 cm, it means that the seat is not tightly tied.

  Finally, many parents worry about the children's unwillingness to wait.

Due to its strong wrapping, children will feel uncomfortable in child safety seats. At this time, parents need to be patiently guided. They can sit in the back row and have some simple interactions with the children to reduce their anxiety.

Habits are cultivated slowly, and children need to adapt to safety seats. After all, this is not about preferences, but about safety.

  The Paper Journalist Yang Sichao