This is a real must have! Editors talk about child safety seats

【Owner's home car knowledge】When cars become the means of transportation for most families, driving safety becomes more and more important. Although cars have safety features such as seat belts and airbags from the day they were born to now, it is worth mentioning that most of the safety features of these vehicles are designed for adults, and they cannot guarantee the safety of children at critical times.

Why do I need a child seat?

Because any traffic accident happens in an instant, and in many cases even the driver himself may not be able to respond in time, let alone the co-pilot or the passengers in the back row. In the nick of time, how can we protect children? And the force of the impact is that it is easy for children to fly out of the hands of adults and crash into the front windshield or the back of the seat.

Similarly, wearing an adult seat belt is not protective, and may even be counterproductive. Because in the event of a collision accident, children will slip out of the protection range of the seat belt because of their small stature, which is more likely to cause injuries. At the same time, when a collision occurs, the force generated by the tension of the seat belt is very large, which can protect adults, but children's bodies cannot bear such a strong pulling force at all, and may be strangled.

This is why children must use seat belts when riding in a car. However, it is gratifying that with the popularization of traffic safety knowledge, more and more parents understand the importance of child safety seats and begin to use child safety seats.

How to choose a child safety seat?

Due to the very low penetration rate of child safety seats in China and the lack of national standards for product quality, the cost and profit of child safety seat production has always been opaque. It is understood that the current price of child safety seats on the market ranges from as low as 300 yuan to as high as 3,000 yuan.

At present, child safety seats on the market are divided into two camps: imported and domestic.

To choose a safety seat, you must first choose the appropriate model and style according to the child's age, height and weight. For example, according to the regulations in the United States, the safety seats used by babies aged 0-10 months must be installed close to the back of the rear seat, and have splints and extra safety belts to fix the baby's armpits and crotch, and there are also safety seats on both sides of the head. support.

According to different installation methods, child safety seats can basically be divided into two types: using the vehicle's own seat belts and installing through the ISOFIX system. The advantage of binding the vehicle's own seat belt is that the price is lower, but the installation is more troublesome. It takes at least 5 minutes for a skilled installation, and more importantly, there are not many people who can install it correctly; the advantage of ISOFIX is that it is easy to install and can be installed. The best results are guaranteed, but the vehicle also needs to have an ISOFIX interface.