...Numerous studies demonstrated that proper use of child restraint devices can help reduce the fatality rate in vehicle crashes. However, only a few number of countries around the world adopted some laws to implement the safety of the young children. Currently in the United States, child safety seats and seat belts law regulations vary by states and they are mainly based on the age, height and weight of the children. Many countries are yet to adopt this law that can potentially save the lives of many infants and children. In my country, I grew up riding in the front seat of the car with no seat belt on which is pretty common things to see in other countries as well. Infant car seat is unheard of to people and airbags doesn’t even work on most cars. Babies are cradle by someone while children will often sit on the lap or small children will be moving around while the car is in motion. It wasn’t until recently that all the cars in my country were fully equipped with working seat belts and mandatory seat belt laws were passed....
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...pROFESSOR dEANNA TEEL pRINCIPLES OF MARKETING - MRKG 1311 SPRING 2013 pROFESSOR dEANNA TEEL pRINCIPLES OF MARKETING - MRKG 1311 SPRING 2013 performance sport booster car seat by MARKETING PLAN performance sport booster car seat by MARKETING PLAN Product and Company Background Company Background Recaro has over 100 years of history designing seats for the world's most prestigious automobiles, airlines, and race cars. Recaro is German engineered, and an international leader in seating safety, design, comfort and style. Recaro is the pioneer of child seat side impact technology, going beyond any side impact requirements as tested with the ADAC European standard. Founded in 1906 by Wilhelm Reutter as Reutter Carosserie-Werke, the company became famous for building limousine bodies during the 1920s. Recaro has been setting standards in automotive seating ever since. Recaro Automotive Seating produced the first retrofit sports seat for automobiles, the world’s lightest car seat and the most innovative commercial vehicle seat in addition to new sport seats in a modern composite design. Recaro Automotive Seating’s customers include prominent manufacturers of automobiles and commercial vehicles around the world. Through retail sales, the company also provides end customers with aftermarket seats and motorsports customers with racing shells. Recaro Automotive Seating is a division of the global Johnson Controls group, with lean structures, short decision paths and fascinating...
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...* Car seat use reduces the risk for death to infants to 1 year by 71%; and to toddlers aged 1–4 years by 54%, in passenger vehicles (CDCP, 2015) * Using booster seat reduces the risk for serious injury by 45% for children aged 4–8 years when compared with seat belt use alone (CDCP, 2015). * Car seat use reduces the risk for death to infants to 1 year by 71%; and to toddlers aged 1–4 years by 54%, in passenger vehicles (CDCP, 2015) * Using booster seat reduces the risk for serious injury by 45% for children aged 4–8 years when compared with seat belt use alone (CDCP, 2015). Car Safety Car Safety SAFETY FIRST SAFETY FIRST References Center for Disease Control and Prevention. (2015) Injury Prevention & Control: Motor Vehicle Safety. Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/motorvehiclesafety/c Parents Central (2015) Car Seat by Child’s Age and Size. Retrieved from http://www.safercar.gov/parents/CarSeat s/Car- Seat-Types.htm American Academy of Pediatrics. (2015) Ages & Stages. Retrieved from https://www.healthychildren.org/English/ ages-stages/toddler/Pages/Safety-for- Your-Child-1-to-2-Years.aspx References Center for Disease Control and Prevention. (2015) Injury Prevention & Control: Motor Vehicle Safety. Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/motorvehiclesafety/c Parents Central (2015) Car Seat by Child’s Age and Size. Retrieved from http://www.safercar.gov/parents/CarSeat...
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...being said, car seats are a very important investment when it comes to your children and their safety. Marking the right choice can be very challenging but yet overwhelming at the same time. There are so many things one must consider when making this big purchase. When comparing and contrasting just two of the car seats, a few of the top concerns amongst most parents would be the safety, cost, and conveniences/installation of the car seat. We will be using those to compare two convertible car seats, one being the Britax Advocate and the other being the Evenflo Tribute. I have found that with safety being my...
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...development, inexperience, and natural curiosity, they are particularly vulnerable to injury also referred as unintended injuries. Though, Toddlers are exposed to many types of injuries such as: Motor Vehicle, Suffocation, Drowning Poisoning, Fire/Burns, fall, Recreation. However, the most common cause of unintentional injury death for children age 1-4 years was a motor vehicle (MV) crash, with the majority of events involving a vehicle occupant. While properly used restraints can reduce serious injury by up to 70%. A child riding on a lap is not protected but is at double risk: Not only is it physically impossible for the parent to keep the child from being thrown into the windshield and dashboard, but if the adult is not wearing seat belt, the force of the adult’s body may crush the child. Although laws requiring seat-belt use are now in force in all 50 states, many parents fail to use safety restraints. This is the simplest and easiest way to keep a young child safe. Children at this age level are less likely to be injured as pedestrians than are older children, as parents correctly recognize that young children cannot cross streets safely in the absence of an adult. However, toddlers are more likely than older children to wander into the street or...
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...ADVOCATE® User Guide Guía del usuario IMPORTANT: Thoroughly read and follow the instructions in the vehicle owner's manual and this user guide before installing this child seat. Store this user guide in the pocket behind the cover (See features pages for reference). IMPORTANTE: Debe leer y seguir atentamente todas las instrucciones en el manual del vehículo y en esta guía usuario antes de instalar el asiento de seguridad para niños.Guarde esta guía del usuario en el bolsillo detrás de la cubierta (utilice las páginas sobre las características de referencia). User Guide - English Table of Contents User Guide - English������������������������������������ 1 Child Seat Features�������������������������������������� 2 Safety Information���������������������������������������� 4 Warnings��������������������������������������������������������������������4 Important Notes���������������������������������������������������������5 Certification����������������������������������������������������������������6 Registration���������������������������������������������������������������6 Child Fit Information��������������������������������������������������7 Rear-Facing Installation������������������������������� 8 LATCH Installation�����������������������������������������������������8 Lap-Shoulder Belt Installation���������������������������������10 Lap Belt Installation�������������������������������������������������12 Forward-Facing...
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...Objectives: Reduce child injury and deaths; be the leader in car seat sensor manufacturing; increase car seat use Product: Easy to install, impact reducing car seat with safety system that sends safety alerts to parents, and/or caregivers via smartphone app and/or bluetooth technology. Alerts will be sent if child is left in the car, if the car set is not attached properly, if the temperature in the car is unsuitable for a child, if there is an impact or if carbon monoxide is detected. Available in different fabrics and colours. phone app. Target Market: Socioeconomic status: middle/upper class parents Who: Technologically savvy and/or busy parents Age: 25-45 Location: Canada Technological environment child seat concept using groundbreaking technology easy to install easy to carry lightweight design unique material called drop-stitch fabrics. It is strong enough to be brought to a very high internal pressure smartphone app monitor Social and cultural environment - more people express concerns about the safety issue; they think child safety is always the number one priority -the ability to keep children safe and comfortable in the car will have more value when father or mother is driving. - people also care about the conveniences of the child car seat. -the seat is designed lightweight and inflatable; it is easy to pack and carry. And it is also can be used in many situations not only in the car. - ethical security is not a major problem for our product...
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...This is Child Safety Month. Many parents are putting their children in harm's way without even realizing it by not installing the safety seat properly. In fact, it is estimated that 80 percent of car seats are not installed properly. Fortunately, there are many things you can do in order to make sure that your child's safety seat is installed properly. You want to make sure that you pick the car seat that is the appropriate size for your child. Keep in mind that newborns and infants need rear-facing car seats. Once your child has outgrown the rear-facing car seat, he or she can move to a forward-facing one. Most children can fit in a forward-facing car seat by the age of two. Once children reach 40 pounds, they can move to a booster seat....
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...National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (2014), the use of the seatbelt can reduce the risk of a serious injury by 50%.” Yes, using a seatbelt can get annoying at times with it getting stuck, locked in place, or even it getting on a person’s nerves with it rubbing against their neck and ears .Many people may argue about their reasons for not wanting to wear a seatbelt and many have a doctor’s note giving them permission to not wear a seatbelt, but in the end a person is saving their own life by buckling up. With more car crashes happening in Texas, the use of a seatbelt might help reduce the number of deaths that arise from a car crash. Each and every state has different laws with regulations on the use and nonuse of seatbelts. It is stated in the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, that currently thirty three states in the United States have primary seat belt laws (IIHS, 2014). ©Insurance Institute for Highway Safety What is a primary seatbelt law? A primary seatbelt laws allows a police to stop and ticket a motorist is the driver and passengers are not buckled up, National Conference of State Legislatures (2013). The state of Texas is one of the thirty three states that has mandatory seatbelt use laws. Under Texas State Law (TEX TN. CODE ANN. § 545.413: Texas Statutes - Section 545.413: SAFETY BELTS; OFFENSE), a person commits the offense if the person is occupying a seat equipped with a safety belt ad is not secured by a safety seat. For the state of Texas...
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...about seat belts? Why don’t school buses have them? The short answer is that small school buses do in fact require seat belts; large school buses, with a few exceptions do not. Seat belts are not required on the larger school buses because both the U.S. Department of Transportation and Transport Canada, have determined that compartmentalization is the preferred occupant protection system. To explain these differences in a greater detail we begin as follows; a small bus is categorized as a bus under 10,000lbs in weight, which are required by federal law to have seat belt systems on them due to the fact that they are closer in nature to the size of the average automobile and/or light trucks. The federal government requires a level of occupant protection similar to those that are the standards of cars and trucks for a bus that falls into this category. Larger buses typically will weigh 23,000 lbs or more. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s same regulatory update stated that local school districts were best equipped to decide whether the large “Type C” ( which are the conventional school buses) and Type D ( transit style vehicle with its body installed upon a chassis, with the engine mounted in the front, mid-ship, or rear) school buses have the seat belts. If the answer is yes, the manufacturing guidelines for how to best install these restraints comes into play. Many parents are worried about the contradiction between the need to use seat belts...
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...Important Seatbelt Safety Facts and Tips Here are some seatbelt safety tips that you should know: • Airbags alone are only 42 percent effective at providing protection. The absolute best combination for adults riding in a car is a lap-shoulder belt with an airbag. • Check all the seatbelts in your car periodically for breaks, frays, looseness and workability. It will cost you far less to fix a broken seatbelt than it will cost if you're in a serious accident with a broken belt. • Most accidents occur during the day so buckle up and practice driving safety at work • One person to a seatbelt; never double people up. • Your shoulder belt should be worn close to your body and over, never under your shoulder. The lap belt should be worn against your body and low across your hips. • Pregnant women always need to wear their seatbelts. It will not in anyway hurt your unborn baby. In fact, if you're in an accident, wearing your seatbelt properly is the best way to protect the life in your belly. For further information take a look at this pdf document brochure on pregnancy and seatbelts. • Infants, birth to at least 1 year and at least 20 lbs must be in a rear facing infant or convertible seat. • Infants less than 1 year who are 20-35 lbs must be in a rear facing convertible seat. • Children ages 1 to four years who are 20 lbs to 40 lbs must be in convertible seat that is forward-facing or forward-facing only or a combination seat with harness. • Children who are...
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...purchasing. Some questions we ask are who has the best product, is it the safest product, what is the price, or most importantly does the product do what the manufacturer says it can do? These are all valid concerns. Team C has teamed up with Graco Manufacturing to address these concerns regarding the Baby Ride Easy Car Seat. Features of Product The Baby Ride Easy Car Seat solves all our target market’s needs and is a one-of-a-kind product. This car seat has all the safety features a parent could want. It comes equipped with a 5-point harness system, which reduces the risk of ejection and is the safest harnessing system in the industry. The features on this system includes wider straps which reduces, head impact protection, higher weight limits, LATCH system, and chest clips. The safety of the children who utilize this product is the utmost importance. You will find though, that most car seats take the same precautions. So what makes this one special? This car seat has the availability to vibrate and play calming music who aides in the relaxation of the baby. These features will allow the baby to remain calm, possibly allow for the child to sleep and minimal screaming while allowing for a peaceful ride and full awareness of the road and surroundings by the driver. There’s an optional toy bar that connects your child’s favorite toys effectively ceasing the hazard of the parent obtaining the child’s toy while operating the vehicle. A lot of people thought...
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...2012) Injuries are the leading cause of death and disability for children in the United States (CDC). Injuries are not always preventable regardless of their nature. A common sense approach can lead to a reduction in injuries. Driving safely including the proper use of seatbelts or car seats, removal of plastic bags from young children, teaching swimming and supervision when in water, removal of house hold toxins, fire safety, and use of bicycle helmets are taught in school to kids (HHS). The CDC calls for efforts to reduce injuries by focusing on what term the 3 P’s; education, enforcement, and engineering. Education is used by the schools to teach children basic safety. New parents are often taught the proper way to use child restraint seats in the car. Locally, in my area the state police have no fault safety checks in which your car seat and the use of it can be examined for proper fit. These clinics are conducted in a big box retailer’s parking lot so that all a parent needs to do is drive up. If fault is found in the use of the car safety seat, education is given out rather than a citation. The second E is enforcement. Examples include laws and ordinances requiring the use of child safety seats and bicycle helmets and enforcement of speeding limits and healthy housing codes. Adequately enforcing laws, ordinances, and regulations increases their effectiveness (CDC 2012). Lastly, Engineering...
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...Car Seat Safety Teresita Pine Grand Canyon University NRS-434V Kami Purdy December 14, 2014 Car Seat Safety Juana Ruiz Hernandez a patron of Santa Clara church in Oxnard California, is a mother of 3 now, delivered her 3rd baby a little girl, one month ago. She works in a lemon packing factory, with an 8th grade education. Mrs. Hernandez reported that she speaks and understands English well. This paper will describe the teaching and learning that transpired between this author and Mrs. Hernandez. After the proper introductions were made, Mrs. Hernandez was handed a pamphlet regarding Car Seat Safety. Mrs. Hernandez was asked about whether she had just purchased a car seat that she is using now for her new born. Mrs. Hernandez reports that the car seat that she has right now was a used one from a relative because her second child is still using an infant car seat (J. Hernandez, personal communication December 13, 2014). When enquired if she has the directions to the installation of the manufacture she stated she didn’t (J, Hernandez, personal communication December 13, 2014). Upon assessing the car seat that is in use for the infant, this author noted the straps to appear worn out. This author then informed Mrs. Hernandez that according to SafetyBeltSafe U.S.A recommends sticking with car seats that are ideally less than five years old and definitely less than ten years old (BabyCenter 2014). While this author was presenting the pamphlet to Mrs. Hernandez,...
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...Top 10 Baby Stroller Safety Tips Baby strollers are an essential part of family life. They help us parents get on with what we need to do when our children can't keep up with us. They give our children as 'safe place' to retreat to when the world gets a little too big for them. For the most part baby strollers are very safe. However as with any 'tool' there are always risks and dangers. This article will give you 10 basic safety tips for using your baby stroller to make sure that it is as safe as possible for you and your children to use. Basic Baby stroller Safety 1.Be sure the stroller you're using is the right size for your child. Much like with a car seat, different sized kids need different sized strollers. This is not only for their comfort, but also for their safety. In the wrong size of stroller padding doesn't rest where it should on the child's body, hands can reach things they shouldn't, and weight isn't distributed properly which can make a stroller unbalanced....
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