European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 17, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse B february 1978 the stars and stripes Poge Elting in the baby when going Lor a drive makes so much sense its difficult to believe that in the a Survey by the insurance in allowed Only about 7 percent of modern living Kline for Highway safety Al in despite campaigns by safety organizations parents Are seemingly just As in Inglat Edno less loan Princess Anne was chided by the nations safety Council for sitting in the from mat with her Newborn baby on her tap no seat Belt during the drive Home own the in the consume oriented pm Milne notes that though since ibs it has teen illegal to let a child under 12 sit in the front seat there is no Law that requires a Seal Belt or rest Alner to be the Magazine said not securing a Small child with a seat Belt or rest Alner in an Auto is like handing one a razor or a package of the latest statistics from Ibe National safely Council do nothing to a spell the i 51 i edit 1childfen under few were killed he injured in automobile the Council Stales that Many of these deaths and injuries could have prevented if a Childs safely restraint had been again and again one sees children silting alone in toe front passengers Seal or being held there in some Wei Art Accident the child can be into the dashboard even crushed Larder against it by the weight of the person holding child sitting in the Back seat without Benefit of Seal belts or a restraint also is in danger can be Cata called Over the front seat right into the stud Lei have shown that a 30mph Headon car crash exposes r occupant without seat Bells to about the same Force As from a three Story Many parents who do use car safely restraints on Belr children so Only on Long trios Ibey Doat to bother strapping in the child if they are1 just driving across the German ten Magazine out that this also is a big mistake As per cent of accidents occur within elites and not of the Are Many different types of car safety restraints far children on the uttering varying degrees of not securing Small i child with a seat Belt or 1 per Trainer in an Auto is Jike handing one o razor Fufa package of by Alary Neth some Are designed Only for others Only for Tod others convert to use for infants through children up to three to other factors to consider Are convenience its much harder to Seal a child in some models than others and the seats of some models Are awkwardly de others the child is unable to see or to move us when confined in such restraints for a Long period the child is Apt to become crabby and fight to a Well known american Consumers group has tested several brands of child restraints in the United in the same has been done by the German product testing foundation Ware Tetli lit conjunction with the German automobile club tests simulated front and Side collisions with sophisticated equipment measuring the on Dummy infants and in the the Stolee wee care car ski was Given a top rating followed by the Century the pm child love the malic american safely seat and the Teddy Tut in the German two infant the Romer baby swinger Standard and the adar baby swinger were Given excellent sit restrained for babies from nine months to three or four years were rated As giving Good Protection the adar Peggy the Tismer the Jenny system the Stor Che Muhle Jet so the and secur seat the German Homer baby swinger Standard for about 130 Marks or about rather expensive when its taken into account that some of the models can be converted to use for both infants and Howe it is possible to buy extras for baby Stringer that convert it into a baby the to rated Stolee wee care car seat which has an average retail Price of about us can be used As both an infant Carrier and As a car restraint for Lodd lera up to children of about 3 to 4 years 118 to 43 the other american to rated re strainers ranging in Price from about Iso for the Teddy Tot As Roseal v to around for the pm love Seal Are designed for toddler to Mali order companies offer offer some of the Topsale gyrated car restrains at Tower prices Check the where Toby information that Fol Best buy in the German models for the same age group mothers pay Little heed he proponents of automobile safety for children have often expressed frustration their inability to Many parents to use a recently published study further reason for demo of the to the status report of the insurance int Itule for Highway a research and educational organization sponsored by automobile in Urance indicated great difficulty in educating Parent to use in the first months of childrens parents who had been urged to use the carriers were Only slightly More intoned to do so than parents who had been told nothing about the study the study was conducted at Hospital in nearly new mothers were divided into four groups before leaving the one group received no the second received pamphlets explaining the need for safely the third participated in a 10 minute discussion in which the were told How dangerous it was for a child to ride a ire and the fourth received the pump him and a free the mothers were observed a they left the hos Nia Etyone percent of who Kud received no safety advice Keu their children to their arms Art ant in a Ufa at la toe group that be non a free 17 percent Mccu their children in of tar taps Only percent o sit the mothers the study was conducted by Keith Rel of the University of Pittsburgh depart ment of paediatrics and Community and by Allan a psychologist with the insurance Williams said that he could understand Why mothers just leaving us Hospital might prefer to hold their their although he said be condone it in View of the me said he was that when infants were z to 4 months most whether they had received advice or were still not using the study found that 41 percent of the parents who received Ita free carriers toed them when their children were t to 4 months compared to use by percent of the parents who received no Carrier or we really didst respect toe programs to tie so Williams he said the study indicated thai passive such As airbags and octet Lelve Interior padding in might be a Neurve is die Zflmer Peggy which Sells for an average of about to Marks about but sometimes can be found Cor As utile As so Marks the most expensive is he secur seat 6050 at around Marks about cafes stores carry Only Model of child car safety rest Ahw the Peterson is safety Shell the Ptterson 74 rest icon git Given ugh rating by the Taw Hcan Teston i want included among Ibe top five la the itty Bat we judged be of Tower Overall the consumer group explained that Evert in to it had not provided As Good Protection Astle Stolee but was Given a High rating because it could be converted to an want the also is True of the Tralee Many had received irom people who had purchased most cantered around the shield used for babies and later re placed by a harness which Many children were Able to dislodge with a few Well placed though the manufacturers claim that the shield in the latest version is lashed with nooks that wont theres no Way of telling the older from the newer says the testing parents also have complained Utah particularly when dressed in heavy Winter Are advertising on the Peterson packaging which can be used for an infant of a founds to a child of states the rest Alner Las been tested by dynamic test the nations leading University Auto safety at Center under conditions simulating a car being crashed at 30 Miles per the advertising does not mention what University is involved or what the testing i following Are names and addresses of the manufacturers of the five to rated re strainers and names and prices quoted by the popular mail order Homes that carry them j i postage costs Are not wee care Stolee of South Reyes also available by mail through Petsey for Eala Jow can by ordered for c though the Penney circulation Box from and for and irom Montgomery wart for is cafes carries order forms for Sears and Gomery also ordering cards for their Century motor Toter Century products Julio of pm love seat a Deco general motors 400 Renaissance suite Abo Avail Atte from Montgomery Grace children products main astr seat International manufacturing 250 Washington he German Magaline also did Sorott special checking of a different Type of travel it looked into the cleanliness of rest Owra on trains in if youre a frequent train traveler you should be Happy with the according to the those res Tromara Are better than their but beware of the water in the its definitely just As labelled not the Matt Tate sees not Safe in Laboratory the test inspectors found bade that could cause skin infections and other they fear its not beyond the realm of that this contaminated water might Harbor the germs of Fri Ous infectious the is no reason for Tui the German train system should be Able to provide sanitary water for its when it came to general and the Swiss Iralu came la of of 134 Tram 31 rest Una were rated a extremely 41 m ii As orderly and Only As the trains came in next 6 super 9 9 followed by Austria ii super 40 3 ii and Germany i country trains 3 very is h u Frances train restrain got the lowest ratings though conditions Wen generally about equal to those on tace German beam my Choo chaos no restrooms were rated As super a were titled As to a 13 As none a
