How should parents protect their children when driving?

As an important sign of consumption upgrades, cars are entering ordinary households. The data released by the Hunan Provincial Statistics Bureau shows that as of the end of 2006, the number of various types of civilian vehicles in the province has exceeded the million mark, reaching 10.973 million vehicles, compared with 2005. There was a net increase of 130,800 vehicles, an increase of 13.5%; the number of private cars was 204,900, an increase of 29.1% over 2005, and the number of private cars owned by 10,000 households was 99.

In contrast to the rising enthusiasm for car purchases by families, ride safety, especially for children, is a reality that is easily overlooked.

In 2004, more than 100,000 people in our country died in various traffic accidents. Among them, more than 7,000 children were killed and 17,000 children were disabled. Among them, nearly 3,000 preschool children died and more than 5,000 were injured. These children who died or were disabled in traffic accidents are often caused by their parents' lack of safety awareness and taking the wrong safety measures.

Lack of child safety awareness

Li Lin has a happy family. His 4-year-old son, Li Feng, is lively and naughty. After a lot of hard work, he had a long discussion with his wife last year. After visiting many automobile 4S stores, he finally decided to buy a car. By the weekend, the family is used to driving and playing. Li Feng is very active and likes to sit in the co-pilot seat. Li Lin doesn't matter. He sits the same. Li Feng's body is too thin, he does not like to wear seat belts, and there is no suitable seat belt to fasten. Li Lin never thought of buying a child safety seat. Until one day, on their way to Hengshan, Li Lin met a pedestrian who suddenly crossed the road, a sudden brake, Li Feng, who was naughty in the co-pilot position, was suddenly thrown out and hit the center console. To the hospital.

Many facts have proved that the position of the co-pilot is the most dangerous, and it is often seen that the child sits in the co-pilot's position, or the mother holds the child in the co-pilot's position. According to our survey, 71.70% of parents are driving to let children ride in the co-pilot position, and 54.09% of users voted that children under 12 were seated in the co-pilot position with airbags.

Child safety seats are a kind of protection for children ’s safety. Many cars are equipped with devices and can be installed. According to the survey, a total of 192 users have not installed child safety seats in their cars, accounting for 60.38% of the total votes. Forty-eight people will not plan to install in the future even if there is a need. In the United States, children are required by law to use child safety seats, not because child safety seats are expensive, but without such awareness.

There is a serious misunderstanding in the concept of parents

How should parents provide safety protection when children ride in cars? On the one hand, many parents have realized that child safety seats, seat belts and special car seat cushions can provide an effective protective measure for children. The results of the questionnaire show that 582 votes, the two are 27.49% and 24.57% respectively , The first two of the effective ways to protect children aged 0-3.

On the other hand, there are still many parents who believe that holding 0-3 year olds in their arms is an effective way, with up to 132 votes, accounting for 22.68%. Choosing to put children between 4-9 years old on the legs of adults as an effective way to protect children ’s safety, 12.76%, whether it is holding the child or putting the child on the parent ’s lap, even when driving at a slow speed, once an emergency occurs In the case of braking, this method simply does not protect.

251 parents chose to use airbags as the protection method for children aged 4-9 when they were riding in cars, accounting for 28.82%, ranking first among the five options. In fact, it was originally a lifesaving airbag. When a car accident occurred, the airbag suddenly The ejection force is very large, and it is easy to hurt children who are still relatively weak. It is not uncommon for children to die from suffocation by air bags.

As an important sign of consumption upgrades, cars are entering ordinary households. The data released by the Hunan Provincial Statistics Bureau shows that as of the end of 2006, the number of various types of civilian vehicles in the province has exceeded the million mark, reaching 10.973 million vehicles, compared with 2005. There was a net increase of 130,800 vehicles, an increase of 13.5%; the number of private cars was 204,900, an increase of 29.1% over 2005, and the number of private cars owned by 10,000 households was 99.

In contrast to the rising enthusiasm for car purchases by families, ride safety, especially for children, is a reality that is easily overlooked.

In 2004, more than 100,000 people died in various traffic accidents in our country, of which more than 7,000