More children between the ages of 4 and 9 kill in car crashes than anything esle. Seat belts are meant to save lives, but a safety device that is not fitted properly will not protect a child in a crash. Many of these severe injuries and deaths caused by a crash could be prevented by the use of booster seats. Seat belts simply do not provide enough protection for children who are not big enough for seat belts. This is because most children do not reach the right proportion until at least age nine. A booster eat is a positioning device that works with the existing seat belt system. A booster seat raises a child so that the seat belt fits correctly across the shoulder, chest and hip bones. Using a booster seat is simple. Unlike a car seat that must be installed in a vehicle, a booster seat is simply places on the vehicle seat and is held in place by the seat belt over the child’s body. This makes it easy to move a booster seat between vehicles. In order to be sold in Canada, booster seats must meet safety regulations set by Transport Canada. Seat belts are safety devices that are designed to keep people from h

Thus, booster seat reduces the risk of serious injury by 60 percent. In the last few years, the low level of booster seat use has become an issue of increasing concern across North America, prompting several major studies and programs. Also, the study has found that cost was not a factor. To do this, a seat belt must put a great deal of pressure on the body to hold a person in place. It also keeps the lap belt in place over the hipbones. "There are about 100 lap belt injuries a year which can be prevented by using booster seats" states Dr. This indicates a significant lack of awareness about the size and age guidelines for booster seat use. itting the inside of the vehicle or being ejected in a crash in a car accident. Lack of knowledge shown by the parents and the paediatricians has contributed to the low level use of booster seats. Some studies have identified cost as a possible barrier to booster seat use, but not a single respondent identified cost as the reason why their child was not in a booster seat. The belt is designed to cross over the bones of the shoulder, chest, and hips, not soft tissues, since bones can better withstand the pressure of the seat belt in a crash. " That"tms the number one reason why parents of children age 4 to 9 say they don"tmt use booster seats. When asked the paediatricians, only 33 percent of Toronto community paediatrician correctly identified the recommended weight for transition from a booster seat to a lap shoulder seat belt. More than three-quarters of parents don"tmt use booster seats because they believe their children are too big (42 percent), they don"tmt need one (23), or they are too old (19). Some think it"tms an issue of maturity and skill - that their children can use seat belts alone when they buckle themselves into vehicles.