Abazali abaningi bayazibuza ukuthi ingane yabo ende isilungele indawo yokuhlala, noma uma kunesidingo seminyaka. Kulula ngokwanele ukuhlola isisindo nokuphakama kwemikhawulo yezinsiza ezihlukahlukene ukuze ubone ukuthi ingane yakho izothola ngokuvumelana nemilayezo yomkhiqizi. Ingabe lokho kusho ukuthi sekuyisikhathi sokushintsha ingane yakho esihlalweni se-booster?
I-Booster Seat Age
Uma ungazigcina ngokuphepha ingane yakho esihlalweni semoto esiboshwe isikhathi eside, yenzeni.
Abaningi abaneminyaka engama-3 abakwazanga ukugibela esihlalweni se-booster emotweni, ngisho noma behambisana nesikhombisi sokuphakama kanye neziqondiso zesisindo. Umkhuba omuhle ukugcina ingane yakho emzimbeni wezimoto eziboshiwe kuya okungenani amakhilogremu angu-40 neminyaka engu-4, kodwa mhlawumbe isikhathi eside. Izihlalo eziningi zezimoto eziguquguqukayo zinama-harnesse alinganiswe ku-65 noma ngisho namapounds angu-90. Iningi lezingane lingangena kwi-harness yeyodwa yalezihlalo zezimoto kahle kakhulu eminyakeni engama-4.
Eqinisweni, izingane zase-US namuhla zivame ukuhlala esihlalweni semoto esiboshwe kuze kube iminyaka engu-6 noma ngaphezulu. Ngenxa yentuthuko kwezobuchwepheshe bezokuphepha emotweni kanye nokuthuthukisa izindlela zokuhlola ukuqhuma, izingane ezineminyaka engu-4 ezingase zithuthelwe ezinyangeni ezingu-10 ezedlule zingakwazi ukugibela ngokuphepha endaweni ehamba phambili yemoto ! Ngisho nezingane ezide kakhulu zingahle zihlale zibhekene neminyaka encane bese zishintshela kwi-harness ebheke phambili kuze kube yilapho enkulisa yobudala. Kwabancane kakhulu, akufanele kube nesizathu sokuthuthela ku-booster eneminyaka engu-3.
Ingabe Kufanele Ulinde Ukushintsha?
Noma yisiphi isinyathelo esiphakamweni sezihlalo zemoto - kusukela ebusweni obheke phambili kuya ebusweni obubheke phambili, kusukela ku-harness kuze ku-booster - empeleni isinyathelo sokuphepha. I-harness yezinyathelo ezingu-5 isakaza ukuqhuma kwamandla phezu kwamaphoyinti amaningi emzimbeni wengane, ukunciphisa amandla angase abe yingxenye eyodwa yomzimba okumelwe ithathe ukungena.
Uma ngabe isihlalo somoto esikhishwe ngomswakama sisetshenziswe nge-tether top, angakwazi ukuzuza ekunciphiseni ukuhamba kwekhanda ngesikhathi kuqhuma, okuhumusha ukulimala kwekhanda nentamo encane.
Izihlalo eziningi ze-booster ngeke zifanele ingane encane ngenxa yokuphakama okungenani kanye nesisindo. Ngenkathi ezinye izihlalo ze-booster ezisezingeni eliphezulu zinesisindo esincane esingamakhilogremu angu-30, kunezinye izihlalo ezinamandla ezidinga ingane ukuba isilinganise okungenani amapremu angu-40 ngaphambi kokusetshenziswa.
Ngokombono osebenzayo, abazali bavame ukuba nesikhathi esilula ukugcina ingane yabo esihlalweni semoto esiboshwe ngokuphelele. Ikhanda lezimoto / ihlombe lezinkuni lilula kakhulu ukungaziphenduki kunokuba i-harness buckle, ngakho-ke uma ingane yakho ingumculi wokuphunyuka, ukunyuka kwi-booster ngeke kusize. Okubaluleke nakakhulu, ingane kufanele ikwazi ukuhlala endaweni efanele futhi ikwazi ukuhlala lapho ukuze iphephile esikhwameni se-booster. Lokhu kusho ukuthi akukho ukugxila phambili, eceleni, slouching, noma ukugoqa ngaphandle kwesigaba sehlombe se-seatbelt. I-seatbelt ayikwazi ukuvikela ingane engekho esimweni esifanele. Iningi lezingane alikwazi ukwethenjwa ukuhlala kahle kuze kube yilapho okungenani iminyaka emine ubudala. Abazali abaningi bathola ukuthi ingane yabo imdala kakhulu kunezingu-4 ngaphambi kokuba kulindeleke ukuba bahlale behlala ezinxuseni.
Uma imoto yakho inama-seatbelt kuphela-izihlalo ezisekeleni, gcina ingane yakho esihlalweni semoto esiboshiwe isikhathi eside ngangokunokwenzeka. Izihlalo eziboshiwe zingafakwa ngebhande lesikhumba kuphela. I-boostster ihlezi ngokuphelele kumele isetshenziswe ngebhande / ihlombe. Ukubamba i-harnessing eyengeziwe, noma ukusebenzisa isihlalo somoto esiboshiwe esinomkhawulo wesisindo esiphakeme, kuthanda kakhulu ukuhambisa ingane ibe yi-seatbelt kuphela.
Indlela Yokunquma I-Car Seat Fit
Uma ucabanga ukuthi ingane yakho ishiya isihlalo sakhe sezimoto, qiniseka ukuthi uhlola izimpawu ezifanele ukuze uhlulele okufanelekile. Hlala uqaphele imingcele yesisindo esihlalweni semoto futhi uqiniseke ukuthi ubheka umkhawulo wesisindo esibhekene nesikhathi esibhekene naso ngaphambili, hhayi umkhawulo wesisindo sokwethenjelwa (uma kuyisihlalo semoto esihlanganisiwe).
Futhi, hlola imiyalelo yomkhiqizi ngezinye izindlela zokunquma ukuthi isihlalo siseduze. Uma ingane yakho ibheke phambili, i-harness slots kufanele ibe noma ngaphezulu kwamahlombe wengane. Lapho amahlombe angaphezu kwezintambo eziphezulu, sekuyisikhathi sokushintsha izihlalo. Isihlalo esibhekene nomoto esibhekene naso sibhekene nokuphakama lapho iziqongqo zezindlebe zezingane zifinyelela phezulu kwegobolondo yesihlalo semoto ngaphandle uma umkhiqizi ekhuluma ngenye indlela emiyalweni. Iningi lezingane liphuma libopha izihlalo zezimoto ngokuphakama isikhathi eside ngaphambi kokuthi zihambe ngesisindo, ikakhulukazi ngezihlalo eziyizi-65.
Uma ingane yakho ikhululekile imingcele yemoto engamakhilogremu angu-40 futhi iseneminyaka engaphansi kweminyaka engu-4, kungcono ukubuka isihlalo semoto esinomkhawulo wesisindo esiphakeme kuqala. Kunezihlalo eziningi zemoto ezihlangene ezitholakalayo namuhla ezinomkhawulo ophakeme wezintambo kamuva eziba izihlalo ezinesixhumo uma ukhathazekile ngokuthenga esinye isihlalo somoto bese uphakamisa isikhulu. Uma nje isetshenziswe kahle, noma yisiphi isihlalo semoto esinomkhawulo wesisindo esiphakeme kungaba isinqumo esihle. Ububanzi bezihlalo zezimoto ezitholakalayo namuhla kusho ukuthi akukho mndeni okufanele uhlakulele ukuthola imodeli yesabelomali evumela ukuthi ingane yakho ihlale ivikelekile ngokubambisana kuneminyaka engaphansi kwezingu-4, futhi cishe cishe kunalokho.
Namanje ungaqiniseki ukuthi ingane yakho igibele ngokuphepha emotweni? Vakashela isiteshi sokuhlola noma isiteshi sokuhlola futhi ube nesihlalo sakho semoto esihlolwe ukuphepha.
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