We believe that placing the baby in your chair and holding the harness straps well is safe, but this stunning video of A girl who falls from the car running in the middle of the street reminds us of the importance of correctly fixing the baby's chair to the car.
It happened in Mankato, Minnesota, and the scene is really distressing. The camera of a car that came behind recorded the two-year-old girl tied to her chair on the pavement in the middle of a busy avenue. Somehow the door opened and the girl fell off the moving vehicle.
Tied to the chair but not to the car
In the video you can see how the driver stops his car and gets off to check the status of the girl. Surprisingly, I was "very calm" and "I was not screaming." Nor was she injured or bruised or bloody, fortunately.
The girl was perfectly attached to the chair but this was not properly anchored to the rear seat of the vehicle.
In Babies and more i-Size Chairs: everything you need to know about their classification and useAt first, the mother did not notice that the girl was not in the vehicle, but appeared on the scene 15 minutes later "hysterical," witnesses said. The Prosecutor's Office is studying charges against the mother.
How to properly anchor the baby chair to the car
Child restraint systems are misused in the car more frequently than we think. It is worth nothing to buy the most qualified chair on the market if it is not used correctly. Consult with professionals and follow the installation instructions of the car seat to the letter.
The first thing we should know is what is the anchor system that our vehicle carries, or using the three-point seat belt or the Isofix system, which is safer when anchored to the car chassis.
Currently, two regulations coexist, but in the future the chairs approved under the i-Size regulations may only be installed with an Isofix system and not with a seat belt. This measure is intended to avoid errors when installing them.
Some chairs also have a support leg that rests on the floor of the vehicle to prevent them from tipping over.
In Babies and more A mother shows us the importance of always placing our children correctly in the car seat
