How to use the safety seat correctly?

Why do you need a child safety seat?

This problem is the simplest, and an accident is enough to prove it.

Car accidents are the number one killer of children ages 1 to 14 in the United States. According to the statistics of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, in 2002 alone, 1,543 children under the age of 14 in the United States died in car accidents, and about 227,000 children were injured in car accidents. On average, 4 children die and 622 are injured every day. 50% of children who die in car crashes are not using a restraint system, known as a child safety seat. 40% of children seriously injured in car crashes were not using a restraint system. The injured children included many with head, neck and spinal injuries, some of which were permanent. In China, where the number of traffic accidents is much higher than in the United States, the penetration rate of child seats is less than a fraction of that in the United States. If you are a responsible parent, you should stop what you are doing now and buy a child safety seat for your child as soon as possible.

How to choose a suitable seat?

Child seats are not uncommon in the market. If you are greedy for cheap or choose carelessly, you buy low-quality products, which will cause hidden dangers of physical harm to children. A good child safety seat can not only be fixed and matched with the vehicle, but also can fully consider the whole body force of the child's body at the moment of impact, try to spread the impact force to every part of the body, and avoid local trauma heavy phenomenon. At the same time, a good seat surface design can allow children to ride comfortably at ordinary times, and good breathable fabrics will not cause harm to children's tender skin. Do you know how to choose a safe and high-quality child safety seat? Generally speaking, you need to consider the following factors.

1. The age level of children

Child safety seats are divided into 5 categories according to children's age and weight:

The first category: suitable for children from newborn to 15 months. This safety seat is suitable for babies from newborn to 15 months (or babies weighing between 2.2kg-13kg). This type of child safety seat is generally equipped with a swingable bottom, and also has a handle, which can be used as a carrying basket.

The second category: suitable for newborns to 4-year-old children. It is designed to serve two functions at the same time: first for newborns to 9-month-olds, and then adapted for 9-month-olds to 4-year-olds. Although this seat does not have the functions of rocking, portability, and use with a trolley, it can be fixed in the car and can be used for a long time. If you want to save some money, this is a good choice. In addition, special attention should be paid to the use of this kind of seat. Babies from newborns to 9 months need to install the seat backwards, and newborns from 9 months to 4 years old need to install it forward, but there are two necessary points for forward installation. Conditions: The first is that the child weighs more than 9 kg; the second is that the child can sit up by himself, both are indispensable.

The third category: suitable for children aged 1 to 4. This car safety seat for children has a simple design and does not have as many complicated functions as the former seat, so it is suitable for older children.

The fourth category: suitable for children aged 1 to 12. This car seat is an interesting combination product, both a seat for toddlers (ages from 1 to 4 years) and a seat belt that can be removed from the seat itself to directly use the safety seat of an adult. The belt can be used up to 12 years old, and adults do not need to replace other car safety seat cushions. The downside of this product is that there is a considerable size difference between a 1 year old and a 12 year old, so it won't be too comfortable for smaller babies.

The fifth category: suitable for children aged 3 to 12. This is a product that is easily overlooked by parents, because after the age of three, children already have a certain height and seem to have a certain sense of autonomy. Many parents will choose to let older children sit directly in the seat and fasten the adult seat belt of the original car. It is actually very dangerous to do so, because even older children are still delicate, and for small children, the adult seat belt is often placed on the upper side of the body, not only cannot obtain the protective effect of the design, but even It may cause secondary injury to the child's body.

2. How to fix the seat

Whether the seat can be firmly fixed to the car is also an important indicator of the safety of the seat. In the past, the loose fixing method of using the original car seat belt to fix the child safety seat can guarantee the basic safety performance, but obviously it can no longer keep up with the latest safety requirements. ISOFIX and LATCH represent the highest seats today. Fixed standard.

ISOFIX is a standard anchoring system for infant and child safety seats in cars. Its purpose is to standardize the fixing device of child safety seats in vehicles. Engagement device for back and seat cushion. In a recent innovative design, the child safety seat can also be connected to a third anchor point, which is connected to the top of the car seat back, to improve the stability of the child safety seat in the event of an impact and prevent the seat from falling off. According to statistics, having a standardized child safety seat installation method can reduce serious injuries (especially in the neck) of children aged 0-4 by 22%.

The LATCH interface standard is the current interface standard in the United States. The complete LATCH fixing system in the car includes two lower fasteners fixed on the seat at the junction of the seat cushion and the seat back, and one on the back of the rear seat. A tether attached to the vehicle. The child safety seat that conforms to the LATCH system has three hooks on both sides of the seat and the same position above the seat back. Parents only need to put the child safety seat on the car seat, and it can be installed quickly with three clicks, clicks and clicks. Well, there is almost no chance of misfit.

However, the specific fixing method to choose also varies from car to car. It is best if the original car is equipped with seat fixing interfaces. If not, you can only choose to use the seat belt fixing method.