| Approaching the National Child Passenger | | | | precious cargoes safely secured on their |
| Safety Week, one new device dubbed as the | | | | seats. |
| Angelguard was introduced in an effort to | | | | |
| keep young children strapped safely to their | | | | The introduction of such a gadget will |
| car seats. The device is aimed to prevent | | | | further improve car safety for children |
| young children from accidentally releasing | | | | onboard and inside a car. This also gives |
| the safety belt buckle to reduce the risk of | | | | parents that certain peace of mind knowing |
| major injury or even death of kids during | | | | that their kids cannot accidentally or |
| collisions. | | | | intentionally unfasten their safety belts. |
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| You may strap your little one in a child | | | | The arrival of a gadget such as the |
| seatbelt such an act will be rendered useless | | | | Angelguard will surely be welcomed by |
| when these little tots could accidentally | | | | parents. Especially with the fact recently |
| release them from their safety locks. Kids | | | | discovered by a study that shows one-third of |
| not safely strapped on their car seats can be | | | | its respondents said that their child (or |
| easily thrown around the rear of the car or | | | | children) has unfastened their seatbelts. |
| even into the front seats of a car during | | | | As a matter of fact, many of the respondents |
| violent crashes. This may lead to severe | | | | in the said study stated that their children |
| injury to a child or even death. | | | | managed to unfasten their safety belts not |
| | | | just once but they actually do so frequently. |
| To address the problem of seat belt buckle | | | | Add to that the fact that traffic crashes |
| being released accidentally by kids, Patricia | | | | are the foremost cause of child death from |
| Mandarino spent a year in developing a gadget | | | | ages three upward. This figure comes from |
| that will prevent kids from doing so. Her | | | | the National Highway Traffic Safety |
| effort to create such a device that will keep | | | | Administration. Arrival of the said safety |
| kids secure in their seat is due to her | | | | device comes on the heels of other |
| observations when her three-year old daughter | | | | breakthroughs in child car safety like the |
| finds it easy to unfasten her safety belt. | | | | ones employed on the Volvo V70. |
| She also discovered that almost every parent | | | | |
| faces the same problem. | | | | In a time where awareness for child safety is |
| | | | emphasized, such a product as the Angelguard |
| Mandarino looked for devices in stores that | | | | will indeed be welcomed. When great brake |
| will address the problem but her search was | | | | components like the EBC Greenstuff brake |
| in vain. The realization was that there are | | | | parts are not enough to protect a vehicle |
| no available products in the market that will | | | | from crashes, additional safety devices are |
| prevent small children from unfastening their | | | | needed to improve the safety of a car's |
| safety belts, made her devote time to design | | | | occupants. The call for increase safety |
| a way to prevent such occurrences. | | | | features is already being answered not only |
| | | | by large companies but also by individuals |
| The result of her labor is a simple product | | | | and this can only be good for the cause of |
| that slips into place over the safety belt | | | | protecting motorists. If more innovation |
| release button thus making it hard for | | | | like this comes out in the near future, it |
| children to unfasten their seatbelts even if | | | | will be a good step forward for car safety. |
| they do so intentionally. The product is | | | | Consumers can expect cars being safer and |
| constructed out of a strong type of plastic | | | | safer for their children thanks to |
| and can be easily used by adults. The | | | | individuals such as Mandarino and companies |
| simplicity of the device belies the great | | | | like Volvo that continually pushes the |
| help it provides to parents in keeping their | | | | envelope in car safety issues. |