About whether it is worth buying a carmany parents are thinking about. The reason for doubt lies in the high cost of the equipment itself, and even that trips in the car with the child do not happen so often. In fact, is it worth it to spend money on a car seat for children, if you use it only a few times a month?
Crash test is a test of a children's automobilearmchairs for safety. It is carried out in a special laboratory, where various road accidents are modeled, the degree of damage to the car, the damage to the driver and passengers are estimated. Of course, no crash tests are conducted on people, they are replaced by special mannequins equipped with a multitude of sensors. According to the testimony of the instruments, one can judge the condition of a person who got into a car accident.
По результатам проведенных краш-тестов, ребенок, who is at the time of the accident in the car seat, is three times more likely to be unaffected than the baby sitting next to an adult or in his arms. At the time of the collision, children who were near one of the parents, may in the literal sense of the word be crushed by his weight.
If the baby was sitting with the adult on his knees, thenthe outcome will be different. True, no less terrible. The child will strike hard against the back of the front seat or fly out through the windshield, smashing it with his body. Accident on the road can occur at any time. Even if the driver, realizing that there is a child in the cabin, drives the car very carefully, then where is the guarantee that others will follow the same neat ride? Unfortunately, no one is insured from meeting with drivers or drunk drivers.
All children's car seats are dividedon groups that take into account the weight of the child and his age. The chair should not be purchased "for growth", because in this case it will not be able to perform its basic function of protecting a small passenger.
Group name | Weight of child | Age | Way of installation of an armchair |
0 | Up to 9 kg | 1 to 6 months | Against the course of movement |
1 | From 9 to 18 kg | From 9 months to 4 years | In the course of travel |
2 | From 15 to 25 kg | From 3 to 7 years | In the course of travel |
3 | 22 to 36 kg | From 6 to 12 years | In the course of travel |
In addition, there is another classification, inwhich combined the parameters of several groups. The car seat rating indicates that the model with the combined parameters is in great demand because of the possibility to use it much longer.
Group name | Weight of child | Age | Way of installation of an armchair |
0 + / 1 | Up to 18 kg | From birth to 4 years | In the course of travel |
1+ | From 9 to 18 kg | 1 to 4 years old | In the course of travel |
2/3 | 15 to 36 kg | From 3 to 12 years | In the course of travel |
1/2/3 | From 9 to 36 kg | 1 to 12 years old | In the course of travel |
Having decided to purchase a chair from a combined group,all advantages and disadvantages of the selected model should be explored. Because even with all the required safety standards, the manufacturer is always forced to sacrifice something.
In order to save most parents seekpurchase a multifunctional car seat. Children 9–36 kg will feel quite comfortable in it. Such chairs belong to the group 1/2/3. They are very practical because they are intended for use by children of three age groups: from 1 year to 12 years. Tests car seats also talk about sufficient security of this species.
These models have a reinforced frame and plasticthe foundation. The back is removable. The attachment straps and the position of the head restraint can be adjusted according to the height of the child. The car seat for children of this type is completed with a soft insert. For older children, they are transformed into a booster, through which the child is raised to the level of seat belts, fortified in the car.
Recently, very often you can hearoffer to buy a frameless car seat instead of a full-fledged child model. According to the assurances of manufacturers and sellers of such seats, they are absolutely safe and are capable of reliably protecting a child from injury in the event of an accident. However, experts on this account are somewhat different opinion.
Car seat frameless does not have absolutelyno protection for the body. There is no support for the head of the child. In the event of an emergency, the baby is most likely to receive a serious spinal injury or concussion.
Riding in a car is tiring enough tolittle children. For this reason, it is possible to translate them into a horizontal position in full seats to give the little passenger an opportunity to sleep. In the frameless car seat to rest the child will not succeed, which can be a difficult challenge not only for the baby, but also for others.
Installing a frameless chair is not that easy,according to the manufacturers. In addition, the retaining straps are attached to the back of the car seat, which can easily overturn and crush the child in a collision. Thus, of all the declared advantages of such seats, only the low price remains true.
