China will force cars to use child safety seats

With the increase of private cars, the safety of children riding in cars is becoming more and more worrying. According to statistics from the Traffic Management Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security, traffic accident injuries have become the "first killer" of children's accidental injuries. In the survey, the reporter found that the proportion of families currently using child safety seats is very low. In view of this situation, the “Restriction System for Motor Vehicle Children’s Crew” submitted by the National Automotive Standardization Committee to the National Standardization Administration Committee has entered the approval stage and is expected to be formally introduced in June this year. As the country’s first mandatory national standard for the safety of children’s travel, this standard will force passenger cars to use child safety seats. On the occasion of Children's Day, Children's Day, the Morning Post reminded all parents to remember to send their children a safe.

Interview with 20 people only 2 people installed safety seats

Yesterday, the reporter interviewed about 20 parents of private cars about child safety seats. Surprisingly, only two of them have installed child safety seats in the car. More than half of the parents choose to sit with their children in the back seat and say “Keep the child in his arms and fasten the seat belt. It is safe. There are many parents who let the children sit alone in the passenger seat. Most parents said that once they had considered buying a child safety seat, they eventually gave up because of various reasons.

In the children's products counter at Landmark Square, a parent told reporters that child safety seats are mostly small, and children are more active and always feel uncomfortable with being tied. Another parent said in an interview that the family cars are ordinary cars and the child safety seats occupy space. This is why she and many friends have no choice.

In the interview, the reporter also learned that according to the characteristics of children's different growth stages, there are three kinds of child safety seats, which are applicable to children under 1 year old, 1 to 4 years old, and 4 to 11 years old, respectively. In other words, the use period of a child safety seat is only a few years. If calculated according to the market price of around 2,000 yuan, the investment in this item needs about 6,000 yuan, and some parents do not want to spend it.

An industry insider of a child safety seat told the reporter that the idea of ​​keeping children in the arms of adults is totally wrong. At present, the safety devices for selling cars on the market are all set according to adults. In the event of a car accident, it is likely to be ineffective for children.

Some safety seats can't sell for one month

Although child safety seats provide children with certain security, sales in the market are not satisfactory. Yesterday, the reporter visited some of the mall's children's products counters and some car decoration stores and car 4S shop found that the variety of child safety seat variety, the price difference is very large, so that many consumers go to buy a moment no direction .

Yesterday, reporters saw at Jiuguang Department Store's children's products counter that about a dozen models of different types of child safety seats were made, of which the domestic price was around 1,500 yuan, and the highest import price was nearly 6,000 yuan. In a car decorating shop, the staff recommended a domestic product with a price of around 800 yuan. "This is the best selling product, and some products can't sell for one month."

The reporter then searched for “child safety seats” on Taobao. Although thousands of merchants sell similar products, most sellers have monthly sales of less than 30, and some sellers have zero turnover records for child safety seat products. The price of goods ranging from tens of dollars to several thousand dollars, including the cheapest one as long as more than 30 yuan, as a children's basket is easy, its security is very doubtful.

A senior salesperson revealed another reason for the poor sales of child safety seats. Since child safety seats have not been a national standard for product quality, it is difficult for ordinary consumers to identify the quality of the product. Therefore, there is a mentality that “it is better to spend money to buy a useless product than to not buy it”.

Children should not use adult safety belts

At present, most developed countries have laws and regulations on compulsory use of child safety seats, and even have a clear limit on the age of children using safety seats. Germany, the Netherlands, and Japan will enforce the requirement to use child safety seats to 12 years old. In the following, Sweden requires children under the age of 7 to ride on vehicles equipped with devices to protect children's safety. In the United States, the age set by law is under 4 years of age. Fortunately, the reporter learned from the National Automobile Standardization Technical Committee that the "motor vehicle occupant restraint system" is expected to be formally introduced in June this year. This will be China's first mandatory national standard for children and vehicle safety.

"The restraint system for motor vehicle child occupants" mainly includes three aspects of fixing and connecting the child seat in the vehicle, the structure requirements of the child seat, the performance of the child seat assembly and the test method, and aiming at different The child occupants of the weight range have different regulations. It will clearly state that the buckles for adult safety buckles and child restraint systems cannot be universal, and children should not use adult safety belts. This means that after the "standard" implementation, the car will be forced to install child safety seats.

According to relevant sources, taking into account the prevailing situation in the domestic auto industry, after the regulations are formally introduced, there will be a two-year universal buffer period, which will be gradually implemented from the beginning of the policy for two to three years.