Children's car safety issue sparks heated debate, traffic police recommend the use of safety seats

The child fell out of the car window and fell into the center of the roadway. In a critical moment, the vehicle behind blocked the traffic flow for the child. The drivers and passengers of other passing vehicles also got off and carried the child to a safe area in time... In the past two days, this warm news that happened on the streets of Ningbo has been swiped all over the Internet. In the hot discussion among netizens, in addition to praising the enthusiastic and loving Ningbo car owners, many people also paid attention to the safety of children in the car. So, how to prevent similar accidents from happening again? On August 2, the reporter interviewed the traffic police department of our city.

“Children falling out of the car window are ultimately due to parental negligence and poor awareness of traffic safety. Whenever parents place their child in a safety seat and secure it firmly, or find that the child is sticking out of the car, If you stop it in time when you are out of the window, the accident will not happen." The traffic police said that young children lack safety awareness and self-protection awareness, and the use of safety seats is the most effective protection measure for children to travel by car.

Studies have shown that the correct use of child safety seats can reduce the probability of death and injury of children in car accidents. The Law on the Protection of Minors, which was implemented last year, also clearly stipulates that guardians should take measures such as equipping child safety seats and educating minors to obey traffic rules to prevent minors from being injured by traffic accidents. This is the first time that child seats have been incorporated into national legislation, but from a regulatory point of view, it is still in the non-mandatory stage of "should" and "encourage" the installation of child safety seats.

Nowadays, more and more families with cars have purchased child safety seats, but in reality, the traffic police also found that the usage rate of child safety seats is not high. When asked why, a large number of parents believe that when driving on a long distance or on the highway, they will let their children sit in a safety seat, and they can not use it when traveling for a short distance in the city, because as long as the speed is controlled as much as possible, the vehicle can be guaranteed. driving safety.

"This is a manifestation of lack of safety awareness!" The traffic police criticized such a misconception. "The traffic conditions on the road are changing rapidly, and no one has the ability to predict emergencies in advance. There are children in the car but no safety seats. Or having a car seat and not using it is risking your child's life."

According to statistics, in previous years, the number of casualties in children's car accidents peaked in July and August. In addition to not using child safety seats, injuries caused by children left alone in the car and their heads stretched out of the car were more prominent. Take the latter as an example. If a child takes his head and hands out of the car, when the vehicle passes through a height limit pole, a width limit gate or the wrong vehicle, even if the driver operates normally, the child's body will easily collide with other objects. . It is even more dangerous to expose the upper body to the sunroof of the vehicle. In the event of an emergency braking or an accident, the child may be injured or directly thrown out of the car. If it is a vehicle with the sunroof automatically closing, the child may be pinched, and in severe cases, the cervical spine may be injured or even paralyzed. In addition, children are also easily injured in situations such as flying hard objects and falling objects.

The traffic police believe that parents, as guardians of their children, should improve their own traffic safety awareness, let their children use child safety seats in a standardized manner, and conduct traffic safety education to their children in a timely manner, so as to jointly protect the travel safety of children.