Today more and more attention has been paid to road safety. Including the nursery. Moreover, this applies not only to training in traffic rules, but also to finding children in the car.
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safety belt is an alternative to a car seat. This option is considered by many motorists. But in order to understand whether it is worth stopping at its purchase, you need to disassemble all the pros and cons of this device.
The first plus, with which everyone agrees, is compactness. Unlike a chair, it does not take up space, and this is a significant advantage for many. Car seat - bulky design. If you install it in the back seat in a medium-sized car, only one passenger seat will remain accessible. The seat belt for the child with the solution of this (important for the majority of the population) problem copes quite successfully.
The second inconvenience of a special chair is the lack of mobility. It’s important for those who drive a car with a child rarely, because they have to wonder: “Where to put it?”, Especially if you have to carry a large number of people if necessary, and the chair gets in the way and takes up a lot of space.
The seat belt for the child also comes to the rescue in this situation. Moreover, even teenagers can use it, for whom a car seat is no longer provided, and adult belts are not yet suitable for growth. Having bought such a device once, you will forget about this problem for a long time. And if there are several children of different ages in the family, and they are not in the car at the same time, then the versatility of such a belt is simply invaluable.
The third plus is the price. It's no secret that car seats are expensive. The child quickly grows from one weight category and transfers to another, as a result of which an immediate replacement of the chair follows. A seat belt for a child costs much less, meets the state standard (of course, when it comes to FEST), it can be used in the front seat. Compared with his fellow belts, it has a higher protection of the neck and head, since it fixes them reliably.
The defining criterion when choosing a safety device is, of course, child protection. In this aspect, the car seat has advantages - it more reliably fixes the baby's body, its spine, creates lateral protection.
What to choose - an expensive chair or seat belts for children, the price of which is low - it is up to the parents to decide. But, I think, in solving this issue, you need to be guided by the age of the child, their financial capabilities. Most likely, a belt will be more convenient for a school-age child, but for a preschooler, especially a baby, it is most advisable to place it in a chair. In addition, when buying, it is worth paying attention to where the device was manufactured - if it is an unfamiliar obscure company, then it is unlikely that such a chair in terms of safety parameters will be better than a belt.
There is still such a thing as a seat belt clip for children. It is a special pad that changes the angle of the usual belt so that it is on the chest of the child and does not press on the neck. But there are a number of questions for law enforcement officers about this device, so its use is in doubt.