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Protect Children From Crashes THOUGHT FOR FOOD By GOUU) CROOK America values its children and does a good job protecting them from life's perils, except from the one that is most likely to ldll them: traffic accidents. Not a happy thought. But last year, some 670 children under age 5, and 1,160 bet­ ween the ages of 6 and 15, died in traffic accidents, making accidents the number one killer of children in this country. Another 160,000 were seriously in­ jured. r Children are introduced to the automobile at an early age. Swaddled in the dubious safety of their mother's arms, a baby's first glimpse of the real world is through the window of the family car on the way home from the hospital. A car full of kids is as American as baseball, hotdogs and apple pie. But, most parents make no effort to provide their children with a measure of protection in a car crash. "It's all you can do to round up the kids and get them into the car. Who has time to fool with car seals and" safety belts?" "They cost too much and the kids refuse to sit in them.". These are typical of the excuses that lead to the needless injuries and deaths of so many children every year. In a crash, or sudden stop, unrestrained children are thrown about in the car like missiles. It happens so ' fast, and with such force, that nothing can prevent the youngster's violent impact against the dashboard, windshield, or other un­ forgiving surface. Even in a crash at an around town speed of 30 mph, the results can be deadly - it has the same effect on a child as a three- story fall. Put another way, a 20-pound child involved in a 30 mph crash hits the dash­ board or windshield at a force of 600 pounds. It is ironic that ap­ proximately 80 percent of the children in the United States are immunized against communicable diseases, but only 7 percent are protected in cars. Safety experts estimate that more than half of the deaths that occur each year could be prevented by the use of proper child restraints. In a study done by the Insurance Institute for High­ way safety in which children were observed in a car with their parents, three out of four children were not restrained and no restraints appeared to be available. ^ Surprisingly, even in in­ stances where the parents were wearing safety belts themselves, the children were unprotected in three out of four cases! But that won't be the case any longer in Tennessee. That state was concerned enough about its children that it passed a mandatory child restraint law in 1978 which requires children under age 4 to be restrained. And they mean business-all state police cars carry child seats which are loaned to parents who are stopped and ticketed for violating the new law. The seat must be returned in court when the fine is paid. As an in­ ducement for parents to profit from their mistakes, the state police usually; recommend that the court suspend the fine if the parents can produce a receipt proving that an approved child restraint has since been purchased. What is the best way to protect a child in an automobile? Regular safety belts are less desirable than child restraints for infants and children weighing less than 40 pounds. Small children need a restraint designed for their small bodies and delicate bone structure. However, if no child restrsiint is available, it is still safer to use a regular seat belt, regardless of the age of the child, than to allow the child to ritET unrestrained. Restraint systems proven effective in 30 mph crashes are available commercially. For the infant from birth to atwut 9-12 months of age, the infant carrier is the oriTy type recommended and proven in crash tests. In this restraint system, the infant faces rearward, in a semi- reclining position. The carrier is lined with energy- absorbing materials and has an internal safety Jiarness. The assembly is anchored to the car by a vehicle lap belt. Some models can be con­ verted to forward-facing car seats when the infant has outgrown the original configuration. All systems designed for use in cars must meet minimum federal safety standards. Shop carefully and avoid flimsy, lightweight feeder seat models that are designed primarily for household use and are not required to meet any standards. For the toddler, ages 1-4 years, three types of restraints are recom­ mended: the conventional car seat, the protective shield and the safety har­ ness. The conventional car seat is for the child who can sit up without support. It has a harness with two shoulder straps, a lap belt and a crotch strap. It is forward- facing and anchored by a vehicle lap belt. The car seat may also be equipped with a "top tether" that anchors the top of the seat to the structure of the vehicle, and it is important to anchor the tether if the seat is to work properly. The protective shield is a C-shaped plastic shield with energy-absorbing padding on the upper portion to spread crash forces evenly over a child's upper torso. It does not obstruct the child's view and is anchored by means of a vehicle lap belt fastened around the front of the shield. This type of restraint requires no har­ ness but provide less lateral protection than most con­ ventional seats. The safety harness con­ sists of shoulder, lap and crotch straps that are an­ chored to the car structure with a special attachment. It allows greater freedom of movement than other types of restraints, but less lateral protection. Older children can be: protected by using the lap! belt preferably in the back! seat. The belt should fit snugly so that it will not ride up across the child's ab­ domen. A 3-point adult belt system also can be used, if the shoulder belt is positioned firmly across the chest and shoulder and does, not cut across the neck, face or head. Teaching children good safety habits at home, and in an automobile, is an im­ portant parental respon­ sibility that could save many young lives in this country every year. To underscore the benefits of child restraints and to encourage research for better restraint systems, the National Highway Traffic > Safety administration is! sponsoring a National conference and Public! meeting on Child Passenger Protection. The meeting will be held Dec. 10-12 in Washington, D.C. More information on the conference and ^ public meeting and on* child restraint devices is available free of charge by writing' Elaine Weinstein, National! Highway Traffic Safety; administration, NTS-14, 400 Seventh street, S.W.,1 Washington, D.C. 20590 Grssn UI..L muI lunajJr wasn ono dtnk pounds fresh to (save them be broken into large kettle and water. 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