Surely any parent has ever heard ofthat children under the age of 12 are allowed to be carried in a car only in a special child seat. Is it really and what threatens violators? What is scary transportation of children without child seats, and what to do if there is no seat, but is it necessary to go on the road?
Why do you need a car seat?
If the family has a car, consciousparents most often buy a car seat. The device allows mothers to free their hands when the child is very small, or to entertain a preschooler on the road, using special supports for games and food. But it is often the transportation of children without child seats, even on a family car. A common situation: the spouses have one car, and the child travels quite rarely in it, for example, once a month to the clinic and sometimes to visit relatives. From an economic point of view, it is really cheaper to pay a fine than to purchase a special seat. What can we say about travel and taxis: of course, when you urgently need somewhere to get there, parents, without hesitation, put the children nearby or hold them in their arms. But do not forget the safety of the baby. In the event of an accident or the usual sudden braking, the child may be injured, sometimes very serious.
Is it possible to transport children without child seats?
The main function of the car seat is tofixing the baby's body with seat belts. And if the seats for the little ones are cradles, with a sleeping position and fixtures for a table or shelf, the chairs for preschoolers often do not even have a backrest, their task is to lift the child relative to the belt. We return to the legislation of the Russian Federation: the wording states that the child must be properly fastened using a car seat or other device that can help with this. In practice, a similar transportation of a child without a chair still provides for a fine. The traffic police rarely believe that a planted blanket or pillow can help a child to stay in a car with greater comfort.
How to organize the transport of the child?
Often problems arise when ordering a taxi.The fines for the lack of a child seat are quite high, and many drivers prefer to refuse to carry passengers with children, thus violating traffic rules, in the absence of a seat. At the same time, there are special services that specialize in the transport of babies. In any case, if the transportation of children on the bus does not suit you, when ordering a taxi, it makes sense to indicate the wishes for a special seat. Do not forget to name the age, weight and height of a small passenger: after all, all the car seats are different. Get ready for the fact that for a trip in a car with a child seat will have a little overpay. If you decide at your own risk to transport the child by placing a pillow under his back and fastening the belt, do not forget that this is allowed only in the back seat. But children's car seats can be installed anywhere, provided that their mounts are compatible with the front seat. And yet the transportation of children without child seats is a dangerous event, do not spare money to buy things, the absence of which can cost your baby health, and even life.
