Car seats are dangerous for the very young

Kids as young as three years old can independently unfasten the strap safety of their child car seats as the experts found. But many parents notice it's too late.

Postgraduate School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics at Yale Dr. Lilia Reyes and his colleagues interviewed by a number of parents with children younger than six years. In the sphere of interests of scientists got around about 100 parents, living in both urban and rural areas of the state of Connecticut.

Parents were asked to talk about when their children began to be released from their own child car seats And the circumstances in which mom and dad for the first time noticed - while driving or parked. It was found that more than 75% of children have unfastened the age of three years, and the boys in this regard, proved more capable.

43% of children were released from the belts while driving, which is three and a half times increased the risk of serious injury, as noted Reyes. Her information was announced at a meeting of the Pediatric Academic community in Denver.

Experts have found that set in the back of the child seat of the car during an accident considerably reduces the risk childhood trauma . Best of all, if the baby is sitting sideways in the direction of motion - then in the frontal impact of a vehicle it is still immature cervix is ​​not exposed to the risk of injury due to the inertia throw forward.

In general, according to statistics in the widespread adoption of the practice of child road of seats in the last 15 years in America alone has reduced the number of serious childhood trauma   and deaths in road accidents by more than half.

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