What do the strictest traffic regulations in history have to do with me? Parents, stop it!

For an outing to enjoy flowers, the Qingming Festival is a good time for a self-driving trip. However, please note that Shanghai has issued the \”strictest in history\” traffic regulations, one of which is about baby\’s travel safety: children under 4 years old must be equipped with and use safety seats correctly. Children under 12 years old are not allowed to sit in the front passenger seat. Not only Shanghai has implemented the \”strictest traffic regulations\”, every parent must be responsible for the safety of their children. Especially for babies under 4 years old, safety seats are very important. What are the dangers of not using a child safety seat? Some parents feel that it is safer for an adult to hold their child in the car, especially if the baby is under 1 month old and cannot sit in the car. It is definitely the right choice for parents to hold the child tightly, which will also make him more comfortable. Without further ado, let’s take a look at a series of crash test experiments 1: simulating the scene of a collision involving an adult holding a child in the front passenger seat without using a safety seat or wearing a seat belt. Through the experiment, it can be clearly seen that the child hit the front windshield before the adult, and the glass was shattered. Experiment 2: Simulate the scene when an adult wears a seat belt, sits in the back seat and holds a baby in his arms, and a collision occurs. At the moment of impact, the baby flew out of the adult\’s hands, hit the back of the front seat, and fell to the ground. Experiment 3: Simulate the scene of a collision when a child is sitting alone in the back seat without any protective measures. At the moment of impact, the baby flew out of the seat and was thrown to the front windshield window! The consequences of not using a safety seat can be imagined! Why do you have to use a safety seat but not a hug? 1. Assume that the car is driving at a speed of 40 kilometers per hour and suddenly brakes. Under the action of inertia, the baby weighing 5.5 kilograms will become 110 kilograms, and the parents will not be able to hold it at all. 2. At the same time, when the child sits relatively low and his head is just on the parent\’s chest, if there is a violent collision, the parent\’s chest will naturally press down, violently pressing down on the child\’s head and neck, causing great damage to the child. 3. According to traffic accident data statistics, when a car accident occurs, the mortality rate of infants and children without child safety seats installed in the car is 8 times that of those with child safety seats installed, and the injury rate is 3 times. How to choose the correct safety seat? Domestic parents generally have low awareness of child safety seats. On the one hand, parents do not have enough understanding of the importance of safety seats. On the other hand, they are also very confused about how to choose and buy child safety seats. According to the recommendations of the American Academy of Pediatrics, safety seats should not only be based on age, but also weight: 0-1 years old: For infants, choose an infant carrier or a birth-type front and rear school-age child safety seat. The only standard is that babies should sit in the back seat facing rearward until they reach the maximum seat weight allowed (generally 9kg or more), or are over 1 year old. 1-4 years old: A front- and rear-facing school-age child safety seat for preschool children, or a forward-facing school-age child safety seat with a safety belt. The safest approach is to consistently maintain a rear-facing sitting position until the child\’s height and weight reach the limit of a rear-facing safety seat (usually before the age of 4), and then switch to a forward-facing sitting position. 4-12 years old: Booster safety seat (safety booster pad) for school-age children. Usually, yesIf the child\’s height or weight exceeds the limit of a forward-facing safety seat but is not large enough to use the car\’s adult safety belt, a booster safety seat must be used so that the child can safely use the adult safety belt. 12 years and above: Seat belt fixation mode for older children. When a child\’s height and weight allow him to directly use an adult seat belt, he or she can directly switch to a car seat and use a seat belt to secure the child, but generally before the age of 13, he or she must sit in the back seat. According to traffic regulations, children between the ages of 4 and 12 are not required to use safety seats. So, can they just sit in the back and fasten their seat belts? Wrong, wrong, wrong! A safety booster pad is indispensable because the seat belt is designed for adults. Due to height issues, when the seat belt is fastened on a child, it happens to be at the neck position. Once the vehicle collides, the seat belt can easily strangle the child\’s neck under the action of inertia. neck, causing suffocation or neck breakage. Safety seats currently on the market are divided into two categories according to their fixation methods: one is seat belt fixation, and the other is isofix or latch fixation. If parents want to buy a safety seat, they must first find out which method of fixing the baby\’s safety seat is suitable for their car model. 1. Seat belt fastening method Seat belt fastening method is suitable for all car models, but from a safety performance perspective, if a child safety seat fixed with a car seat belt is not correctly fixed and used, it will cause the baby sitting on it to Undertake greater risk of injury. If it is not installed in strict accordance with the correct installation method, when an accident occurs, the safety seat will first pop out according to inertia and then be pulled back. Therefore, during this back and forth, the baby\’s neck and head will suffer strain injuries. 2. ISOFIX or LATCH fixing method. If these two fixing methods are used, the prerequisite is that the car model itself must have such an interface. The ISOFIX fixation method is the European standard, and the LATCH fixation method is the American standard. Both have two fasteners under the safety seat, which can directly fix the safety seat to a car with an isofix device. The installation is very simple. LATCH has one more safety seat strap than ISOFIX, located above the seat. There is no particularly obvious gap in safety performance between the two, and because the installation is very simple, strictly speaking, it should be the first choice for child safety seats. The baby refused to cooperate and had a headache. Some parents complained: \”We fully know that equipping children with safety seats is a guarantee for travel. But as soon as the children sit on the safety seats, they cry, fuss, and struggle desperately! As a result, we compromised. .\” In fact, we can try a few small methods: 01. Soothing objects: Carry the baby\’s favorite soothing objects with you – plush toys, small towels, etc. You can also prepare small toys for your children, but remember not to play with sharp or hard toys or objects while driving. 02. Play music When traveling, prepare some soothing music to relieve your baby\’s nervousness. 03. Tell your baby stories and play games. When your baby first starts to sit in a safety seat, arrange for an adult to accompany your baby and tell him stories and play games., also helps the baby adapt to the process of sitting in a safety seat. 04. Snacks are also a good helper to distract the baby. Foreigners call them road trip snacks, such as biscuits, chocolates, bananas, etc. This method is suitable for older babies. On bumpy roads, babies can easily choke when eating. 05. Let the baby adapt to the safety seat as early as possible. The younger the baby is, the faster he can adapt to the safety seat, so that the baby can develop good habits from an early age. The strictest in history ≠ The strictest in the world Shanghai’s new traffic regulations highlight the importance of safety seats for babies. This will be popularized across the country in the near future! However, the so-called \”strictest\” traffic regulations in history are not the strictest traffic regulations in the world. Some developed countries are at the forefront of our laws on children\’s travel safety: German law stipulates that children under 12 years old and less than 150 centimeters in height must not travel outside the country. For safety reasons, parents must sit in child seats, otherwise parents cannot drive with their children. Violators may be fined dozens of euros and receive safety re-education, or their parents may be banned from driving or even jailed. Japanese legal regulations: In 2000, Japan formulated a new road traffic law, which stipulates that children under 6 years old must use child safety seats. The effect of Japan\’s mandatory use of child safety seats is obvious. Before 2000, the popularity of safety seats was very low, about 12%; two years after the regulations were promulgated, the popularity of safety seats reached about 60%, and the mortality rate of children in traffic accidents dropped to 1/5 of the original level. Canadian law stipulates that children weighing less than 18 kilograms must use child safety seats when riding in a car. Similarly, if the front seat of the car is equipped with dual airbags, children are prohibited from being placed in the front seat. Sweden: As early as 1982, Sweden enacted legislation requiring children under the age of 7 to be equipped with child safety devices when riding in cars. Currently, the usage rate of such safety devices in Sweden is as high as 95%. In fact, traffic regulations across the country, not just in Shanghai but also in Shenzhen and other places, clearly state that children under 4 years old must ride in safety seats when riding in private cars. Punishment is not the purpose, protecting the safety of children should be truly valued.