sábado, 19 de noviembre de 2011

Safer And Better On The Road

By Jacqueline Lane


Accidents, though not intentional, happen without warning. A major category of accidents is traffic collision. This leads to injuries, deaths and damage to properties. The United States has relatively better safety standards. Modern technological advances have been deployed in both the vehicles and traffic management. Yet the number of dead exceeds 40,000 per year. No doubt, the traffic accident rates and causality rates have declined. Still the number of people affected by traffic collision is also increasing. The increase in the population, and more traffic and travelers mean more casualties.

The active safety devices and systems and the passive safety devices and systems are the two types of safety measures. The active safety devices and systems require the traveler to carry out certain safety measures such as fastening the seat belt. The passive safety devices and systems on the other hand do not require any intervention by the traveler. They are automatic. Inflation of air bag on impact or sudden jerk is an instance of this category.

Children are more vulnerable to accidents amongst all travelers. Being lighter and smaller than adults, they are more prone to being thrown off or dislodged on impact from collision or sudden jerks. Active seat belts as well as air bags are definitely useful. But special safety measures are required to be adopted for children according to their age, height and weight. Such safety measures are required to be adopted as per regulations in some countries. Child seat and child safety locks are part of such measures. Power window lockouts are useful to prevent the children from interfering with the windows and doors.

Infant seat belts are specifically designed for infants. These are seats that are secured to the automobile. The infant is held firmly to the infant seat belt while traveling and in the event of an accident or sudden jerks. Infant seat belts have become mandatory in some countries as part of the safety regulations. Infant safety seats are available in the market in different models. Britax Frontier Booster Car Seat offers advanced shock-absorption as well as cushioning in side impact collisions. It is easy to set up the seat.

The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe introduced 'Regulation R44-04' as the international safety standard for child and baby seats. The International Organization for Standardization too has come out in 1990 with its own safety standard called ISOFIX. The equivalent of this standard in the United States is the LACTH. ISOFIX compliant seats are available in some automobiles.




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