Isofix attachment - additional child protection in the car

The child car seat is designed to providechild safety when transported in a car. But for this, it must be properly installed. Avoid mistakes during installation will help the use of a child car seat, which has an isofix mount. According to a study in Germany, about 60% of children's car seats with belt fastening are set incorrectly, that during an accident can lead to significant injuries in children. The standard car seat belt needs to be fixed taking into account the inclination and tension of the belt. The car seat should be equipped with fixing clamps, which securely fix the tape and will not allow the car seat at the time of the accident or during an emergency braking to fly forward. An armchair that has an isofix mount can only be installed correctly. In addition, the fix isofix solves the problem of insufficient length of the standard belt, which does not allow to fix the car seat according to the instruction, with this quite often there are motorists.

For the first time the standard isofix fastening was proposedInternational Organization for Standardization ISO in 1990. It is not mandatory, but every year it becomes more popular. After fixing isofix in the car seat makes the protection of a small passenger during the accident more reliable. Due to what is this achieved?

The fix isofix provides a rigid fasteningcar seats directly to the body of the car. In the cabin of the car are fixed special staples, they are equipped with almost all models of modern foreign cars, but domestic cars are produced without attaching isofix. Staples with the body of the car are a single whole, they are located between the backrest and the pillow of the rear seats, and places of their exact location are marked with special labels. On the car seat there are bracket-locks, which on the brackets easily snap into place, with a characteristic click. To facilitate installation and to protect the car's interior from damage by locks, special plastic expanders are attached to the chair. In order to detach the car seat, you just need to press the buttons or levers that unlock the isofix mount. Thus, during the accident, the child seat will not move in any direction, but will stand firmly in place.

Among motorist parents there is an opinion,that due to the rigid coupling with the machine, the internal safety belts, when exposed to impact, put too much pressure on the baby's chest, which can lead to additional injuries. But the results of crash tests prove that the stronger the car seat is secured at the time of the accident, the better it protects its passenger.

Child car seat, in which there is a fasteningisofix, can also be used in a car not equipped with an isofix system. Brackets-locks can be deployed and hidden in the grooves of the seat of the chair. In this case, the three-point straps of the machine are used to install the child seat. But, despite this versatility, not every seat can be installed in a particular car. The height of the rear seats of the car and the angle of their tilt may not coincide with the configuration of the car seat, so you should review the instructions for compatibility of the car seat model and the car brand before purchasing.