MM Car seats
Better safe than sorry!
Car seat safety is always of prime importance, but never more so than in the summer, when your child is out and about on family trips…
Keeping your child safe in the car is a necessity at all times but, thanks to the great range of seats available on the market today, you’re guaranteed to be keeping to the law and ensuring that your little bundle is perfectly comfortable. Using a car seat is a requirement by law.
All children in either the front or rear of a vehicle must use the correct car seat for their age or weight until they are either 135cm in height or twelve years old and it is the driver's responsibility to ensure that children under the age of fourteen are properly belted in. Always make sure that you choose a seat that you find convenient to use and get into the habit of buckling up your child. Try not to turn your child forward facing
too soon. Young babies and children have much larger heads compared to their bodies and weaker necks than adults and that means that, during an accident, a child’s head can be thrown forward suddenly, which can result in spinal damage. Experts now recommend keeping
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your child in a rear-facing car seat until the age of two. Always make sure that you get your car
seat installed professionally as it won’t do its job properly if it’s incorrectly installed. After securing your seat, check to ensure the car seat doesn’t tip forward or slide from side to side. Even better, use an anchoring system such as ISOFIX to anchor your car seat to the car frame. The seat straps should be snug enough
to firmly hold your child in place should an accident occur. When placing your child in their car seat, ensure the straps aren’t twisted, then use the pull on the front of the car seat to pull the straps tight, you should have roughly one finger's width space between your child and the straps. Once your child reaches 22kg, they can
move from a traditional style car seat to a booster seat, but, again, an adult will need to help the child fit the seat belt correctly. And remember! Don’t ever, ever buy a second-hand seat. There could
potentially be important parts missing and you will most likely not have the manufacturers' instructions. And don’t forget – your safety is equally
important! New research commissioned by Clippasafe has shown that pregnant women are putting their safety and that of their unborn babies at risk, by wearing seat belts incorrectly or by not wearing them at all. The in-depth survey on car safety
during pregnancy was completed by 500 mothers of various ages with children aged fifteen or younger. The research established that 80 per cent found wearing a seatbelt uncomfortable during pregnancy, with almost 20 per cent of women admitting to not wearing one at all! Despite 92 per cent of the same
women surveyed showing an understanding of rear-facing baby seat safety and the dangers of airbags, there was obvious confusion over seat belt safety during pregnancy.
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