2016-06-06
Child safety seat usage is less than 1% of the relevant statutory regulations Missing
Recently, the "China Compulsory use of child occupant restraint system with a feasibility study" project team released the latest research results. Studies have shown that China's current child safety seat usage is less than 1%, "mandatory use of child passenger restraint systems" legislative conditions are ripe, should be "mandatory use of child passenger restraint systems" into the legal system.
In recent years, our children increasingly significant traffic safety problem, however, at this stage of the driver's awareness for the protection of child restraint still relatively weak, establish the correct child road safety awareness, improve vehicle safety laws and regulations has become an urgent social issues.
Many Chinese parents in the presence of child car safety to a certain extent luck, such as the commonly used micro-car use shuttle bus to and from school children, cargo carrying vehicle violations of children, more children when the car sat Fujia location. To address child in a car accident in high mortality, universal knowledge and legislation mandating the protection of children should be carried out simultaneously.
Child seat utilization rate is too low, and of course safety conscious parents about, but the lack of mandatory regulations, is probably the main reason.
China is still no national mandatory legislation, only Shanghai, Shandong and other places of local laws and regulations which made mandatory. According to World Health Organization data show that at the time of vehicle collision, child safety seats can make to reduce the infant mortality rate of 71%, infant mortality by 54%.
Deputy director of the Ministry of Public Security Traffic Safety Research Center, Zhao Xinyong said, "attaches great importance to the national road traffic safety for children, the working group together with Volkswagen Group (China) and child restraint safety research work carried out by industry experts, will provide science-related legislation policy support."
Deputy director of the China Automotive Technology and Research Center, High Health, said: "China is fully entered the automobile society, however, compared to the adult protection, child road safety as well as the automotive industry has not yet been enough public attention to the urgent need to adopt policies and legislation efforts of all walks of life to enhance social awareness of the protection of the child restraint. "
States' use of child safety seats provisions:
United States: US law child restraint must use child safety seats, front seat if the car is fitted with dual airbags, child safety seats must be installed in the back seat, and offenders to a fine of 100-300 US dollars;
Sweden: Sweden in 1982, legislation requiring children under 7 years of age should be provided with drive means childproof, so far, this safety device usage has risen to 95%;
Canada: provisions for children weighing 18 kg at the time of travel must use child safety seats, front seat if the car is fitted with dual airbags, children are not allowed to sit in the front seat, offenders will be fined;
Australia: in 1985 the formal legislation requiring child restraint must use child safety seats. According to statistics, after five years, children in a car accident, 71% of children were correctly used child safety seats while avoiding fatal injuries.
New Zealand: the provisions of 5 years of age children must use an appropriate child safety seat; in the case of supply under the age of 5 -7 years old children must use a child restraint in the vehicle equipment;
UK: 2006 legislation that requires children under 3 years of age must use a child safety seat 3-12 years of age or height at 135 cm below the children must use booster seats. (WU Xiao-qin)
Recently, the "China Compulsory use of child occupant restraint system with a feasibility study" project team released the latest research results. Studies have shown that China's current child safety seat usage is less than 1%, "mandatory use of child passenger restraint systems" legislative conditions are ripe, should be "mandatory use of child passenger restraint systems" into the legal system.
In recent years, our children increasingly significant traffic safety problem, however, at this stage of the driver's awareness for the protection of child restraint still relatively weak, establish the correct child road safety awareness, improve vehicle safety laws and regulations has become an urgent social issues.
Many Chinese parents in the presence of child car safety to a certain extent luck, such as the commonly used micro-car use shuttle bus to and from school children, cargo carrying vehicle violations of children, more children when the car sat Fujia location. To address child in a car accident in high mortality, universal knowledge and legislation mandating the protection of children should be carried out simultaneously.
Child seat utilization rate is too low, and of course safety conscious parents about, but the lack of mandatory regulations, is probably the main reason.
China is still no national mandatory legislation, only Shanghai, Shandong and other places of local laws and regulations which made mandatory. According to World Health Organization data show that at the time of vehicle collision, child safety seats can make to reduce the infant mortality rate of 71%, infant mortality by 54%.
Deputy director of the Ministry of Public Security Traffic Safety Research Center, Zhao Xinyong said, "attaches great importance to the national road traffic safety for children, the working group together with Volkswagen Group (China) and child restraint safety research work carried out by industry experts, will provide science-related legislation policy support."
Deputy director of the China Automotive Technology and Research Center, High Health, said: "China is fully entered the automobile society, however, compared to the adult protection, child road safety as well as the automotive industry has not yet been enough public attention to the urgent need to adopt policies and legislation efforts of all walks of life to enhance social awareness of the protection of the child restraint. "
States' use of child safety seats provisions:
United States: US law child restraint must use child safety seats, front seat if the car is fitted with dual airbags, child safety seats must be installed in the back seat, and offenders to a fine of 100-300 US dollars;
Sweden: Sweden in 1982, legislation requiring children under 7 years of age should be provided with drive means childproof, so far, this safety device usage has risen to 95%;
Canada: provisions for children weighing 18 kg at the time of travel must use child safety seats, front seat if the car is fitted with dual airbags, children are not allowed to sit in the front seat, offenders will be fined;
Australia: in 1985 the formal legislation requiring child restraint must use child safety seats. According to statistics, after five years, children in a car accident, 71% of children were correctly used child safety seats while avoiding fatal injuries.
New Zealand: the provisions of 5 years of age children must use an appropriate child safety seat; in the case of supply under the age of 5 -7 years old children must use a child restraint in the vehicle equipment;
UK: 2006 legislation that requires children under 3 years of age must use a child safety seat 3-12 years of age or height at 135 cm below the children must use booster seats. (WU Xiao-qin)