The Importance Of Using The Right Child Car Seats
If you have a child and a car, then you will need to find the best child car seats to put into the vehicle to keep your child safe while travelling. Since nearly everyone takes their child with them in the car it is essential that a safe seat be fitted for the age of your child. Not only will the right kind of car seat keep your child safer if there is an accident, it is now the law to have a proper child restraint. So if you don't use one you are breaking the law and will be fined - or worse.
Most parents realise that children are very vulnerable in a car because they do not have a lot of control over their body. In an accident their injuries will often be worse than that of an adult unless they are sitting in an appropriate restraint. All parents love their children and want to keep them as safe as possible while in the car. However, unless you keep well–informed you might not realise just what is entailed in doing so.
For instance, it is unlawful to use any car seat that is over ten years old. Not only are the designs of more recent seating much improved, the plastic in that old seat will have degraded and become brittle. It will no longer give the same amount of protection that a new seat will give. An older seat may have already been in a car crash and so should be discarded as fine cracks are invisible, but still impact the seat's ability to provide protection.
Plus, the seat belts are often frayed or worn and the clasp is also worn by then, even if it looks fine. There is no way of telling if those things will give way under the pressure of a crash until it happens and then it is too late. A child car seat should be new, or at least less than ten years old to give maximum protection to your child. Only use a second hand seat if you know its history – that is has not been in a crash.
Child booster seats can be used for older children. Always use those with a solid body that has a high back and side wings to protect your child's head. While a baby capsule can be rented because it is generally only used for the first six months, a booster seat will get many years of use and so you would be better off buying it outright.
Remember, keeping your child in the appropriate restraint will keep them safer from injury and may even save their life in a bad crash. These days you never know when a crash is likely to occur so it is wise to ensure the utmost safety for your child at all times.
Most parents realise that children are very vulnerable in a car because they do not have a lot of control over their body. In an accident their injuries will often be worse than that of an adult unless they are sitting in an appropriate restraint. All parents love their children and want to keep them as safe as possible while in the car. However, unless you keep well–informed you might not realise just what is entailed in doing so.
For instance, it is unlawful to use any car seat that is over ten years old. Not only are the designs of more recent seating much improved, the plastic in that old seat will have degraded and become brittle. It will no longer give the same amount of protection that a new seat will give. An older seat may have already been in a car crash and so should be discarded as fine cracks are invisible, but still impact the seat's ability to provide protection.
Plus, the seat belts are often frayed or worn and the clasp is also worn by then, even if it looks fine. There is no way of telling if those things will give way under the pressure of a crash until it happens and then it is too late. A child car seat should be new, or at least less than ten years old to give maximum protection to your child. Only use a second hand seat if you know its history – that is has not been in a crash.
Child booster seats can be used for older children. Always use those with a solid body that has a high back and side wings to protect your child's head. While a baby capsule can be rented because it is generally only used for the first six months, a booster seat will get many years of use and so you would be better off buying it outright.
Remember, keeping your child in the appropriate restraint will keep them safer from injury and may even save their life in a bad crash. These days you never know when a crash is likely to occur so it is wise to ensure the utmost safety for your child at all times.
