Many parents not using car restraints for kids

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Whenever Ms Liu Wen Hsin heads out in a private-hire vehicle or a taxi with her two-year-old son Spencer, she takes a child car seat with her. Despite the additional load she lugs during these trips, which happen about three times a week, the housewife said it is a worthy...

Almost half of the parents who have cars said their children felt uncomfortable in restraints, while non-car owners said it was inconvenient to carry the item around.Undergraduate Gracia Ow, 23, a member of the NTU group, said:"We found the gap between ownership and usage of child restraints to be appalling and surprising because it shows that parents are compromising on their children's safety over perceived barriers."The issue previously came into the spotlight in 2017.

A study published then by the KK Women's and Children's Hospital found that the majority of infants and toddlers injured in motor accidents were not secured in child seats. Dr Chong Shu-Ling, the study's lead researcher and senior staff physician at KKH, told The Straits Times last Friday that parents are now more aware that the use of child restraints is mandatory by law.Meanwhile, students from NTU's Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information are promoting the use of appropriate child restraints for children aged up to 10 through a campaign called The Safe Seat.

 

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