One child without any retention is five times the likelihood of fatal injuries. In fact, 9 out of 10 child injuries in traffic accidents, serious or fatal, could have been avoided using it.
CEA Foundation advises parents about proper transfer of their children to school by public transport and route, private car or on foot. Input, remember that the use of child restraint systems (CRS) prevent the vast majority of deaths and serious injuries in children.
Likewise stresses the importance of the legislation on school transport, and that children know the rules and how to behave in such journeys, creating in them awareness of the importance of road safety. Hence propose:
- Check the safety of school buses
- Hire buses equipped with seatbelts
- Check the regulation is fulfilled
- Respect the bus and no double parking
- Teach children the correct behavior in the use of this means of transport
CEA Foundation is mandatory recalls that the presence of a passenger in this vehicle class when 50% of students have transported less than 12 years or in the case of a special school.
Must carry a safety vest is who allocates places to students and must ensure that the seat belt is buckled. A child without retaining multiplied by five the chances of suffering fatal injuries. In fact, 9 out of 10 children, serious or fatal injuries could have been avoided using this type of device.
In the ups and downs of the children to the vehicle, the passenger must go down first and check the safety of access. On this, the majority (90%) of accidents occur when children go up and down the bus.
The child can go to school by private car or by foot, so to consider some ideas to prevent accidents.
By car it is imperative that the child is always correctly seated and properly secured with a seat belt if appropriate systems and measures less than 1.50 meters must travel with the chair lift or child restraint according to their weight and height -. According to the DGT, these systems prevent 70% of deaths or serious injuries to children.
If children wear reflective tapes on clothing walking to school, must be accompanied by an adult who will teach them to always cross at crosswalks, looking at both sides of the road, and pay attention when crossing the street so do not go running, jumping or playing, since they run the risk of falling in the middle of the road. When walking down the sidewalk must be on the inside, as far as possible from the curbs, paying attention to the inputs and outputs of the garages.
Never walk between parked cars, as the risk of an accident is higher due to lower visibility for pedestrians and drivers: his field of vision covers only 120.