On September 26, an American mother was accidentally hit by a car accident. The car she was driving was beyond recognition. However, the two child safety seats in the car were shocked to be intact and did not deform at all. It is also because of this that the two children, who are only 6 weeks old and 3 years old, were able to escape.
Coincidentally.
As early as 2013, a large truck overturned in Changhua County, Taiwan, crushing the car nearby into a discus. The 4-year-old girl on the truck saved her life because the child safety seat overturned and the seat resisted the heavy pressure path.
While we marvel at the news of [miracle survival], looking back at our side makes people sigh.
18,500 Dead Chinese Children
According to statistics, every year there are more than 18,500 children under the age of 14 in our country who are killed or injured in traffic accidents.
Traffic accident injuries are already the third cause of life expectancy reduction for all Chinese. According to WHO (World Health Organization) statistics, more than 200,000 Chinese people are killed in traffic accidents every year.
Of all traffic accidents, children have the highest death rate.
Traffic accidents account for the second largest number of deaths among Chinese children aged 0-14, which is far higher than various familiar childhood diseases.
The death rate of Chinese children from car accidents is 2.5 times that of children of the same age in Europe and 2.6 times that of American children.
< < Blue Book on Road Traffic Safety for Chinese Children > > > points out:
In China, insufficient awareness of the danger of children riding and the protection of safety seats is the direct cause of low seat usage.
- In 1995, the penetration rate of safety seats in the United States was 90%. In 2000, the penetration rate of safety seats in Japan was 60%. In 2007, the penetration rate of safety seats in Germany was 95%.
We have made 80% of the world’s safety seats, while China’s safety seat penetration rate is only 1%.
This is really an ironic figure.
Lack of mandatory legislation makes it difficult to popularize safety seats.
The lack of mandatory safety seat legislation is the main reason why safety seats cannot be popularized in China.
In Europe and the United States, there has been legislation on child safety seats for a long time. Vehicles without child safety seats cannot go on the road.
- Switzerland, Germany: Children under 12 years of age or under 150 cm must use child restraint devices; Sweden, Singapore: Children under 135 cm must use child restraint devices; UK: Children under 12 years old or 135 centimeters must use child restraint devices; Japan: Compulsory use of child restraint devices under the age of 6, even for children over 6 years old, such as children weighing less than 15kg and height less than 135 cm, may continue to use child restraint devices; U.S.: The regulations vary from state to state, but each has its own child restraint regulations. In California, for example, children younger than 60 pounds (27 kg) or under the age of 6 must use child restraint devices.
In Australia, it is illegal to hold a baby in one’s hand, two children use a seat belt, and install a child’s car safety seat in the co-pilot position.
However, in China, the laws and regulations in this area are still blank.
Although there are regional regulations on safety seats in some areas (Shanghai and Shenzhen), there is still a lack of legal attention to child safety seats nationwide.
Parents’ lucky psychology puts their children at risk.
1. Feel safe to ride with your child in your arms,
Many people still have lucky psychology, and the family chooses to hold the child by themselves, [I am the mother of the child, and I will protect the child tightly].
The external force brought by the acceleration during the impact can even break the steel bar. Do you still want the child who can’t go without the strength to hold the child in his mother’s arms?
2. I’m driving slowly. It’s all right
Even if your driving speed is only 30km/h, if you are hit, the child will be thrown out of the car by acceleration…
3. Feel too expensive to buy
However, the average safety seat on the market costs 2,000 to 4,000 yuan. Many parents think that the safety seat is a [disposable product] and will not be used in a few years, [it is not worth buying].
Many Chinese people do not feel distressed at buying an iPhone with thousands of dollars at every turn, but they do not want to buy a safety seat for their children?
4. Children Cry Not Willing to
SAFEKIDS Global Organization for Child Safety (China) once conducted a survey, and the results pointed out that
More than 70% of the interviewees have child safety seats, but less than 33% of the interviewees always use them, and children are unwilling to use them (89%) is the main reason.
However, children are only children, and it is really not up to children to decide on the safety of their lives.
Let’s take a look at the situation that children may encounter when there is no safety seat.
Parents make sharp turns when driving, and their children may be thrown out of the car…
When the two cars collide, the children on the car may be thrown out of the car…
There are still many bloody facts… … …
When a car accident occurs, the safety seat can reduce the accident death rate by 90%. The blood disaster that one safety seat can avoid is repeated due to the negligence of countless families.
If you love your child, you will give him the best protection.
Sometimes, we always underestimate the danger and overestimate our protection ability.
There is always a lucky mentality that small probability events will never happen to you.
But there is always a certain distance between facts and wishes, isn’t there?
Even if the probability of this happening is one in ten thousand, it will happen to your child, that is 100%.
We can give our children big-name clothes from the sea and buy milk powder and toys from abroad.
We always pay attention to whether our children eat enough and sleep well today.
We are always obsessed with children learning to speak when they are in what and learn to climb after what.
However, they often neglect the most deadly safety problem.
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