On the highway, the parents actually let the baby lie flat in the co-pilot, netizens: a sharp brake, the child flew out

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When a baby rides in a car, it is necessary to sit in a car seat.

Many parents understand this, but not all parents have done it.

Recently, the pregnant mother brushed the picture posted by a car owner, on the highway, a month-old baby lying asleep on the co-pilot, is the co-pilot, no seat belt, no safety measures.

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The parents in the back seat filmed the scene and posed with scissorhands.

The family of three is neat, and the little baby sleeps sweetly, which may be warm.

But let the baby lie in the co-pilot, the hidden risk is really great.

After the photo was sent, it triggered a lot of discussion among netizens.

Someone said:

"A rear-end collision, the child directly hit the windshield."

"Babies can only sit in car seats, not in the first row."

"Look at this road, it's high-speed, a sudden brake baby will fly out, and everyone who can drive knows it."

"Countless facts have proven that car seats are the right choice, and they really don't need bars."

Yes, it is common sense that children should sit in a car seat when riding in a car, because only a car seat can save lives when an accident occurs.

In the news commentary, a netizen mother shared her experience: My friend's son was killed by an airbag in the co-pilot when he was 5 years old.

It's really a bloody lesson, parents, no matter how good your car skills are, please don't risk your child's life one in ten thousand.

When travelling safely, be sure to have a car seat for your child.

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The 30-day-old baby suffered brain damage and the 3-year-old baby was strangulated

The wrong way to ride has seriously injured many babies

What is the purpose of a car seat?

It is used to reduce damage and save life when accidents occur.

But there are still many parents who do not pay attention to this, thinking that it is okay to hold their children, thinking that it is okay to drive slowly.

But when accidents happen, nothing really works.

Too many babies have been seriously injured as a result.

"A sudden braking caused a 3-year-old baby to be strangled with his intestines."

In Ningde, Fujian Province, a father sits in the passenger seat with his 3-year-old daughter, sharing a seat belt.

As a result, a sudden braking on the way caused her daughter to be strangulated and her intestines ruptured.

The doctor said that the seat belt squeezed, causing the intestine to rupture!.

"Because I didn't have a car seat, both of my twin babies died in the crash."

In Zhengzhou, Henan, a car hit a guardrail.

The twin babies sitting in the co-pilot both died, and at the time of the incident, the mother was holding the child in the co-pilot.

"High-speed rear-end collision accident, minor injury to adults, severe intracranial hemorrhage in 4-month-old baby."

During the Spring Festival, a rear-end accident occurred on the G60 Shanghai-Kunming Expressway, and the car in front braked sharply and the car avoided it, 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 plate, resulting in severe intracranial hemorrhage.

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"The father was holding the 30-day-old baby in the passenger seat, and the baby was hit by a car and suffered a head injury."

In Jiangsu, the head of a family was sitting in the co-pilot holding his 30-day-old baby, and when the vehicle encountered an emergency while driving, he braked sharply, and the baby was thrown out and hit the center console.

With hospital examination, the baby was diagnosed as: there was bleeding under the skin of the baby's skull, a depressed fracture of the skull, and a head injury.

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There are many, many more such examples to list ...

Parents, don't feel that your arms can protect your children, let alone feel that with a seat belt you can be foolproof, in the event of an accident, the only way to protect your child and reduce injury is to use the car seat correctly.

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When a car accident occurs

Only a car seat can save a child's life!

According to statistics, there are more than 18,500 children under the age of 14 in the mainland every year, and the death rate due to traffic accidents is 2.5 times that of Europe and 2.6 times that of the United States.

Failure to configure or use safety seats correctly is one of the biggest lethal factors.

And the correct use of car seats can reduce mortality by up to 71%! Especially for babies under 1 year old!

Without a child safety seat, the death rate of child traffic accidents is 8 times higher than that of the child who is installed, and children in the rear seat have a 96% higher chance of survival.

Unfortunately, car seats are so important that they are only used in the mainland at 7.96%.

Even in absolute first-tier cities such as Beijing and Shanghai, the utilization rate is only a little more than 30%.

Why do so many people choose not to use car seats?

Pregnancy has done a call is: why did you not let the child seat for what reason?

Sorted out the answers given by mothers, most mothers are because of these four reasons:

1. Because "poor"

Many people answer because they are poor! Although I don't know whether this answer is sincere or ridicule, but the reason for poverty is not suitable for people who can afford to buy a car, and any car accessories are also thousands, not to mention that there are already a lot of safety seats on the market to choose from, and there are really many qualified and affordable ones.

2. I feel that the safety seat is not necessary

"I'm driving in the city, and the old driver, no problem, the car seat is not necessary, it gets in the way and troublesome"! Many people have this idea, but one netizen is right, you can take care of your own driving, but you can't guarantee that other drivers won't cause accidents for you.

If parents subconsciously feel that this thing is unnecessary, it is the most terrible.

3. Children do not like to sit and cry

"It's not reluctant, there is also a sense of safety, but the child just doesn't want to sit, cry, make trouble", in the matter of safety, it's really not the child who says not to sit and sit, just like many children don't want to go to school, is it possible to achieve really not go to school, the child is not willing to sit, you should find a way to let him sit.

4. The child is hot, the installation is troublesome, and it takes up too much space

There are many parents who give up car seats for these reasons, and many parents give up using car seats for these reasons.

But please remember that safety comes first at all times, heat can turn on the air conditioner, safety can not be afraid of trouble, occupy a place to sit.

Compared with the safety of children, these are really not important, many real car accidents, because of not sitting in a car seat, the price paid is not only high medical costs, but even the priceless life of children.

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3 misunderstandings of riding with children

One is more dangerous than the other!

Many parents think that their car skills are good, drive slowly, and everything is fine, but when an accident occurs, everything will get out of control.

Pregnant mothers list the 3 most common dangerous rides that parents must avoid.

(1) Holding the child in the passenger seat?

Do you think your hands can protect your child?

For example, if the car collides at a speed of 50 kilometers per hour, the impact of gravity acceleration will be 30 times that under the action of inertia, and for toddlers with only 10 kilograms, the impact force is close to 300 kilograms, in this case, parents are impossible to hold their children.

If you sit in the back row, the child will be thrown out directly!!

If the mother is holding the child and sitting in the co-pilot, it is more dangerous, I have seen an experiment that simulates the child's head with a watermelon, demonstrates the opening of the airbag, that scene, too tragic...

(2) Is it safe for your child to fasten a 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 after the age of 12.

Give a small baby a seat belt, and in the event of a collision, if the seat belt gets stuck in the child's neck, then the seat belt becomes a throat lock.

If the seat belt strangles your baby's abdomen, the huge force can squeeze your child's internal organs, causing very serious injuries.

(3) Afraid of trouble and do not use a car seat?

Being too expensive, afraid of trouble, and afraid of children making trouble cannot be a reason not to sit in a car seat.

A mother shared her personal experience that she encountered an accident without sitting in a car seat once she was in trouble.

There were news reports that the car driven by the mother rear-ended and overturned, and the whole car turned upside down, and the car seat protected the child in such a dangerous situation.

There is also a mother in the United States who shared her personal experience, she brought two children, the oldest is 2 years old, the youngest is only 6 weeks.

Another car hit her car at high speed while driving, completely crashing the entire car, but she and her two children miraculously escaped unscathed.

After the crash, she posted photos of the crash online to remind people:

"Be sure to equip your child with a good quality car seat and install it correctly, because only a car seat can save your child's life when it matters."

Really, car seats, can save lives when it is critical, don't let the baby ride without a car seat.

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Choose the right car seat for children of different ages

Protect your child as much as possible!

Last June, child safety seats were included in national legislation for the first time!

That is to say, equipping children with car seats is a mandatory obligation, and it may be illegal to hold children in the car without a car seat!

And in addition to China, 90 countries and regions around the world have passed legislation to mandate the use of car seats, which 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 with strict legislation will be punished with a penalty of $25-500 for children aged 4-9 who do not use a booster car seat.

France: Children under 10 years of age or under 25kg must have a child safety seat, and violations are punishable by a fine of 250-1000 francs.

Australia: Children under the age of 8 must use a car seat.

It is illegal for parents to hold infants and toddlers, two children to use a seat belt, and to install a safety seat in the passenger seat.

Therefore, in order to protect the safety of children's ride, be sure to prepare a safety seat for the child and use it correctly.

1. Use a car seat as soon as possible

If you are worried that the baby will reject the safety seat, you can let the baby sit as soon as possible, and if the baby has been in the seat since birth, it will not be so strongly repulsed.

If the baby does not sit at a young age, you can put the car seat at home for a period of time first, so that the baby can see it often 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 an important task, and parents of brands can do their homework themselves.

Parents should be reminded that babies weighing less than 13 kg or under 9 months need to choose a rear-facing car seat. If a forward-facing car seat is used 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. The AAP recommends that babies be in a rear-facing car seat or car seat from birth until their height and weight exceed the factory-designed standards of the seat.

Dr. Hoffman, an expert at AAP, said that most rear-facing car seats on the market are allowed for children weighing up to 40 pounds (about 18 kilograms), and a significant number of children have not reached this weight by the age of 2.

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3. The baby safety seat should be installed in the back seat

The U.S. Traffic Management Department survey 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 hazard factor behind the co-pilot is 7.4.

Therefore, it is recommended to install a car seat behind the driver's seat.

4. Avoid the misunderstanding of safety seats

(1) Do not wear a down jacket to sit in a safety seat

Down jackets are fluffy and have a lot of air filling inside, and thick and smooth clothes in the event of a collision will cause the seat belt to suddenly loosen and be thrown out more easily under strong inertia.

NBC has done anthropomorphic impact experiments wearing down jackets and intimate clothing.

In the event of a collision, the dummy doll in a down jacket is thrown out directly. And those in intimate clothing are safe and sound.

(2) It is not recommended to purchase second-hand car seats

Because the service life of the safety seat is generally 6 years, second-hand products will affect the performance of the product due to factors such as aging components, and the protection performance will be greatly reduced, and the critical moment may not play a protective role.

5. Let the baby accept the car seat

The baby does not like to make a safety seat is the trouble of many parents, but the safety seat is a must, not the child crying can not sit, if the child resists, parents can take the following methods, let the baby slowly accept the safety 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-distance travel, try to schedule a trip out during nap time, and sleep during the trip to reduce your baby's crying.

(2) Bring toys that your child likes. Prepare your child with her favorite blanket and stuffed animals, which can also help calm your child down.

(3) Talk to your child while driving. Let the caregiver and the child talk, and any soothing sounds or conversations will make the baby happy.

(4) Read picture books to your baby. You can tell your child the importance of the car seat by reading picture books, telling stories or watching animations, and then establish a sense of ritual for riding the car seat according to the child's preferences.

Finally, take advantage of the words of mothers of Weibo fans of pregnancy to remind all parents: it is a rule for children to sit in a car seat, and you can't give up because your child is unwilling!

Every parent must be clearly aware that when danger comes:

Millions of luxury cars, in the face of accidents can not protect children,

The mother's arm can't protect the child under the violent impact,

No matter how advanced medical technology is, it may not save the child,

But the safety seat, but can reduce the child's injury,

Therefore, please be sure to prepare a car seat for your child.

This is not a multiple-choice question, but a mandatory one!

I hope all parents and children are safe and well!