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