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Lin Zhiying's car accident has been happening for many days.
On July 22, Lin Zhiying was in a car accident driving a Tesla in the Luzhu District of Taoyuan, and he and his 6-year-old son were injured.
Soon the news of "Lin Zhiying's car accident" triggered a hot search, and netizens were full of questions:
How was his injury? Is life in danger? How is the child doing?
According to Taiwan media reports: Lin Zhiying suffered a head injury, his face was full of blood, he was rescued from the car, the car accident caused him to fracture his face, multiple crushing fractures of his body, minor brain injuries, and even his face because the injury was too serious, and he needed to wait for the doctor to evaluate and re-carry out 3D reconstruction.
This news makes netizens very worried.
Fortunately, after a few days of treatment, Lin Zhiying turned the corner, and her family also held a car accident briefing three days after the car accident: Lin Zhiying is now conscious and able to have simple conversations.
However, at present, Lin Zhiying himself is unable to piece together the process of the car accident.
Worryingly, Lin Zhiying's 6-year-old son Jenson was also injured in a car accident and has not been seriously injured, and the media also reported that the child was sitting in the co-pilot at the time (no official confirmation).
Because at present, the reason for the car accident has not been officially informed, so the public is talking about the details of the car accident.
Someone asked: such an experienced racing driver, there is no problem with driving skills, no drunk driving, the speed is not fast, there are children in the car, how did the car accident happen?
Some people accuse: do not wear seat belts, children sit in the front row, do not give children seats, unqualified racers!
There are also people who remind: children, pregnant women, do not sit in the co-driver, children must sit in the back seat, must sit in the car seat!
Netizens' speculations can not be verified for the time being, the cause of the car accident, the location of the child, and whether Lin Zhiying has used a safety seat for the child, we can only wait for the police to release the specific details.
What pregnant mothers want to write today is that the child's safety problem exposed by the car accident is as the netizen said: children, pregnant women, do not sit in the co-driver, the car must sit in a car seat!
Because of the neglect of ride safety, the consequences can really be very serious!!
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Safe ride for kids
There is really no room for neglect!
When traveling during the summer vacation, many parents will choose to take their children to travel and play.
Pregnant mothers can often see some parents holding their children and sitting in the co-pilot, or the child sitting alone in the back seat with a seat belt.
Many parents still don't know that it is really very dangerous to take their children in a car like this.
You feel safer holding your child in your arms – no, your hands can't protect your child when an accident happens!
You think that having children sit in the passenger seat with adults is more convenient to take care of - NO, the co-pilot is the most dangerous!
You think the co-pilot has seat belts, airbags, double insurance – NO, these are not designed for children!
Too many children are seriously injured or even lose their lives because of the wrong way to ride.
"A sharp brake caused the 3-year-old baby to be strangled!"
In Ningde, Fujian Province, a father holds his 3-year-old daughter in the co-pilot and shares a seat belt.
As a result, there was a sharp braking on the way, which caused the daughter to be strangled and ruptured her intestines.
The doctor said that the seat belt squeezed, which caused the intestine to rupture!
"Because I didn't sit in a car seat, the twin babies both died when the car accident occurred!"
In Zhengzhou, Henan Province, a car hit a guardrail.
The twin babies sitting in the co-pilot both died, and at the time of the incident, the mother held the child and sat in the co-driver.
In Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu Province, a white car collided with a truck, and the 6-month-old baby in the mother's arms was directly thrown out of the car window, and the child was seriously injured and died.
During the Spring Festival, a rear-end accident occurred on the G60 Shanghai-Kunming Expressway, and the front car braked sharply and the car was avoided, and the adults in the car were only slightly injured.
Only a 4-month-old baby girl, because of the huge impact of the crash, flew directly out of her mother's arms and hit the hollow board, resulting in severe intracranial hemorrhage.
There are many, many more examples to list...
There has been a reminder from traffic: if there is a safety seat, children will not be injured so badly in an accident!
Therefore, don't feel that your arms can protect the child, don't feel that you can be foolproof with a seat belt, when an accident occurs, you can protect the child and reduce the injury, the only way to use the car seat correctly.
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When a car accident occurs
Only a car seat can save your child's life!
Not paying attention to the safety of children's rides will really kill!
According to statistics, there are more than 18,500 children under the age of 14 on the mainland every year, and the mortality rate due to traffic accidents is 2.5 times that of Europe and 2.6 times that of the United States.
The failure to configure or use the car seat correctly is one of the biggest causes of death.
The correct use of car seats can reduce mortality by up to 71%! Especially babies under 1 year old!
When a child safety seat is not installed in a car, the death rate of child traffic accidents is 8 times higher than that of those installed, and children sitting in the rear car seat have a 96% higher chance of survival.
Unfortunately, car seats are so important that the use rate in the mainland is only 7.96%.
Even in absolute first-tier cities such as Beijing and Shanghai, the usage rate is only a little more than 30%.
Why do you know that car seats are so important, and why do so many people choose not to use them?
Pregnancy once did a solicitation is: Why did you not let the child seat?
Sorting out the answers given by the mothers, most of the mothers are for these four reasons:
1, because "poor"
Many people answer because they are poor! Although I don't know if this answer is sincere or ridiculous, but poor this reason, not suitable for people who can afford to buy a car, any car accessories are also thousands, not to mention that there are already a lot of seats on the market to choose from, qualified and affordable is really not a few.
2, I think the car seat is not necessary
"I'm driving in the city, and the old driver, no problem, the car seat is not necessary, it is troublesome and troublesome"! Many people have this idea, but a netizen is very right, you can take care of your own driving, but you can't guarantee that other drivers will not create accidents for you.
If parents subconsciously feel that this thing is not necessary, it is the most terrible thing.
3, children do not like to sit, crying
"It's not reluctant, there is also a sense of safety, but the child is not willing to sit, cry, make trouble", in the matter of safety, it is really not the child who says that he does not sit and sit, just like many children do not want to go to school, is it difficult to achieve really not to sit, the child is not willing to sit, should find a way to let him sit.
4, the child is hot, the installation is troublesome, too occupied
There are not a few parents who give up car seats for these reasons, and many parents have given up using car seats for these reasons.
But please remember all parents, at any time safety first, heat can turn on the air conditioning, safety this matter can not be afraid of trouble, occupy the place also have to sit.
Compared with the safety of children, these are really not important, many real car accidents, because they do not sit in a safety seat, the price paid is not only high medical costs, but even the priceless life of children.
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3 big mistakes about taking a ride with children
One is more dangerous than the other!
Many parents think that their driving skills are good, drive slowly, everything is fine, but when an accident occurs, everything will get out of control.
Pregnant mothers listed 3 of the most common dangerous rides that parents must avoid.
(1) Holding a child in a co-driver?
You think your hands can protect your child?
For example, if the car collides at a speed of 50 kilometers per hour, the inertia will produce 30 times the acceleration of gravity, and for young children who are only 10 kilograms, the impact force is close to 300 kilograms, in this case, it is impossible for parents to hold the child tightly.
If you sit in the back row, the child will be thrown straight out!!
If it is the mother holding the child sitting in the co-pilot, it is more dangerous, I have seen an experiment, simulating the child's head with a watermelon, demonstrating the opening of the airbag, that scene, too tragic...
(2) Is it safe to fasten your child's seat belt?
You know, the seat belt on the car has requirements for height and weight, and it can only be used if you are more than 140cm tall and weigh more than 36kg. According to the average development of our children, at least until the age of 12.
Use a seat belt for a very small baby, and if there is a collision, if the seat belt gets stuck in the child's neck, the seat belt becomes a throat lock belt.
If the seat belt strangles your baby's abdomen, the huge thrust can squeeze your child's internal organs, causing very serious injuries.
(3) Afraid of trouble without a car seat?
Too expensive, afraid of trouble, afraid of children to make trouble can not be a reason not to sit in the car seat.
A mother shared a personal experience, on a time did not sit in the car seat, encountered an accident.
There have been news reports that the car driven by the mother rear-ended and overturned, and the whole car turned upside down, so in such a dangerous situation, the car seat protected the child.
There is also a mother in the United States who shared her personal experience, she has two children, the eldest is 2 years old, and the youngest is only 6 weeks.
Another car hit her car at high speed during the drive, and the entire car was completely destroyed, but she and her two children were miraculously unscathed.
After the car accident, she posted photos of the car accident online to remind people:
"Please be sure to equip your child with a high-quality car seat and install it correctly, because only a car seat can save your child's life at critical moments."
Really, car seats, can save lives when it is critical, do not let the baby ride without a car seat.
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Choose the right car seat for children of different ages
You can protect your child as much as possible!
Last June, child safety seats were included in national legislation for the first time!
In other words, it is mandatory to equip a child with a car seat, and it may be illegal to hold the child in the car and not sit in the car seat!
And in addition to China, 90 countries and regions around the world have passed legislation to mandate the use of car seats, and this alarm bell has long been ringing in the ears of parents.
United States: Children under the age of 4 or weighing less than 18kg must use a car seat, and states that strictly enforce legislation impose a penalty of $25-500 for carrying children aged 4-9 who do not use a child-booster car seat.
France: Children under 10 years of age or under 25 kg must have a child safety seat and will be fined 250-1000 francs for violation.
Australia: Children under 8 years of age must use a car seat.
It is illegal for parents to hold infants and toddlers in their hands, for two children to use a seat belt, and for installing a seat in the co-pilot.
Therefore, in order to protect the safety of children's rides, be sure to prepare car seats for children and use them correctly at the same time.
1. Use the car seat as soon as possible
If you are worried about the baby's rejection of the car seat, you can let the baby sit as soon as possible, if the baby is riding in the seat from birth, it will not be so strong.
If the baby is not sitting from a young age, you can put the car seat at home for a period of time first, so that the baby can often see it and sit like a toy, and the baby will be easier to adapt.
2. Please choose the right car seat for children of different ages
Choosing the right car seat for your baby is also a very important lesson, and parents of the brand can do their own homework.
As a reminder to parents, babies weighing less than 13 kg or less than 9 months need to choose a car seat that is mounted in the opposite direction. If you use a forward-mounted car seat too early, your child's head and neck may be injured by the seat belt.
Last year, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) also updated its recommendations for the use of child safety seats. AAP recommends that from birth, your baby should use a reverse car seat or safety car seat until the child's height and weight exceed the factory design standard of the seat.
Dr. Hoffman, an expert at AAP, said most reverse-mounted car seats on the market are allowed to weigh up to 40 pounds (about 18 kilograms), while a significant number of children have not yet reached this weight by the age of 2.
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3. The baby car seat should be installed in the rear seat
The U.S. traffic management department found that if the hazard factor of the driver's position is set to 10, the hazard factor behind the driver's seat is 7.3 and the rear of the co-pilot is 7.4.
Therefore, it is recommended to install the car seat behind the driver's seat.
4. Avoid the misunderstanding of the car seat
(1) Do not wear a down jacket to sit in a car seat
The down jacket is fluffy, there is a lot of air filling inside, and the thick and smooth clothes in the event of a collision will cause the seat belt to suddenly loosen and be easier to throw out under strong inertia.
The American broadcaster NBC has done anthropomorphic impact experiments in wearing down jackets and underwear.
In the event of a collision, the dummy doll wearing a down jacket is thrown straight out. Those wearing intimate clothing are safe and sound.
(2) It is not recommended to purchase a second-hand car seat
Because the service life of the car seat is generally 6 years, the second-hand products will affect the product performance due to factors such as the aging of the components, and the protective performance will be greatly reduced, and the key moment may not play a protective role.
5. Let the baby accept to sit in the car seat
Babies do not like to make car seats is a lot of parents' troubles, but car seats are necessary, not children cry can not sit, if the child resists, parents can take the following methods, so that the baby slowly accept the car seat:
(1) Choose the right time to go out. Try to travel safely for short trips when your baby is happy and awake, and for long trips, try to arrange a trip out of the house during nap time, and sleep during the trip, which can reduce your baby's crying.
(2) Bring toys that your child likes. You can prepare your child with her favorite blanket and plush toys, which can also help your child calm down.
(3) Talk to your child while driving. Let the childcare person talk to the child, and any soothing sound or conversation will make the baby happy.
(4) Read picture books to your baby. You can tell your child about the importance of a car seat by reading a picture book, telling a story, or watching an animation, and then establish a sense of ritual for riding a car seat according to your child's preferences.
Finally, borrowing the words of pregnant Weibo fans and mothers to remind all parents: children riding in a car seat is the rule, and you can't give up because your child is unwilling!
Every parent should be aware that when danger comes:
Millions of luxury cars can't protect children in the face of accidents!
The mother's arm could not protect the child under the violent impact!
No matter how advanced medical technology is, it may not save the child!
But the car seat can reduce the damage to the child!
So, for the sake of the child, please be sure to prepare a car seat for the child!
This is not a multiple choice question, but a mandatory question!
Summer travel, I hope all parents and children can be safe and smooth!
Reference articles
https://canadiannanny.ca/ways-to-keep-infant-happy-in-car-seat