The car seat is one of the most important purchases a parent can make towards ensuring the safety of their child. Rear-facing car seats especially can mean the difference between little to no injury and major injury and possible death. But apart from being necessary, car seats can also be on the pricier side, and having to deal with the physical, emotional, and yes, monetary consequences of a car accident is bad enough without having to deal with replacing them. If you choose to keep the car seat you had after an accident, it’s important to make note of several key factors that can alter or diminish its safety and efficacy.
One of the most important things to know is that, similarly to helmets and airbags, car seats are safety-tested for only one crash event. What this means is that there is simply no way of knowing if the car seat is still effective or safe after any sort of accident, whether major or minor. While a moderate to major crash event would indicate that it’s best to just dispose of the car seat entirely, with a minor crash event, there could be some room for compromise.
一个重大的撞车事件被定义为事故，在该事故中，人们不能简单地将汽车移到肩膀上，交换保险信息并将汽车赶走 - 它涉及外观损坏以外的任何东西，如果存在，则在其中部署了安全气囊和/或受伤的情况下。持续了。如果所涉及的汽车座椅涉及此类事故，则认为这是一个失去的原因并处理了该事故，即使对汽车的损坏不在汽车座椅所在的区域附近。However, if the crash was minor, in that the vehicle is able to be driven away, there is no damage to the door nearest the car seat, the airbags were not deployed, and there were no injuries, then there’s a good chance that the car seat is still usable, as long as you know what to look for.
在任何事故中涉及的汽车座椅上寻找的最明显的事情是寻找对汽车座椅本身的任何损坏 - 汽车座椅底盘或车身的任何裂缝都应意味着即时丢弃。如果没有明显损坏的迹象，汽车座椅可能仍然可用。
Check the expiration date on the car seat and if it’s past or near the date of the accident, it’s probably best to just discard the car seat as well - a component’s normal wear could be exacerbated by the accident and continued use would likely result in part failure. Check all of the moving parts in the car seat to ensure they’re still working. This includes the clips on the harness, the release mechanisms, and the connecting fixture points that secure the car seat in place. If one of these isn’t working and the part cannot be replaced or fixed, toss the whole seat.
Have the car seat formally inspected by a safety inspection service. Just like you’d have done when installing your car seat for the first time, taking it in for an inspection will help ensure that the car seat is still fitting in its proper place after an accident.
车祸可能会压力很大且昂贵，而不会增加昂贵的汽车座椅的负担。虽然重大甚至中度的撞车事故通常足以表明涉及的汽车座椅是一个丢失的原因，但小事故不必变成重大的头痛。只要应用适当的护理和勤奋，挡泥板弯曲者涉及的汽车座椅就可以继续工作，以确保您的孩子安全地保护您的孩子。
