Despite the fact that these seats are approved, the organization has detected safety flaws in their tests
The use of the child seat is mandatory for children with a height equal to or less than 135 centimeters. A rule of the General Directorate of Traffic (DGT) that in the long journeys on the way to the holiday destination in summer becomes crucial to maintain the safety of the little ones. This child restraint system cannot be missing when there are babies in the car.
Like the seat belt for the rest of the companions, not wearing the well-known baby seat entails a fine of 200 euros and now with the new Traffic Law the removal of 4 points, instead of the 3 before. In addition, it must be approved by Traffic. Although the Organization of Consumers and Users (OCU) has detected after its analysis that two of them that are approved have presented security flaws in the tests. Therefore, the two models of unsafe baby car seats, according to the OCU, are:
– The Urban Kanga Uptown TV107 chair. It is a model indicated for children from 9 to 18 kg in weight, approximately 1 to 4 years old. They point out that it did not pass the side impact test and that its composition contains toxic materials.
– The Walser Child Seat Noemi model for older children, from about 4 to 12 years old, has not passed the toxicity test either.
Despite the fact that they are chairs authorized for use, according to the OCU, their tests are more realistic and demanding than those established by the European Union regulations. In this comparative study they have carried out a crash test, with frontal impact tests at a speed of 64 km/h and side impact tests at 29 km/h, to evaluate the forces and accelerations that the child’s body would withstand, among other analyses. In addition, they advise that to choose the most suitable child seat for the child, you should pay attention to their height, according to the classification provided for by the ECE R129 standard. Although before the weight of the baby was taken into account and there are seats that still use this criterion.
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