Securing small children in cars. Parents knowledge about the use of child restraint systems.

This report consists of an analysis of a questionary delivered to parents with children in kindergarten. Some weeks later a control of how children in cars were secured, took place. 70 percent of the parents had secured their children correctly, 10 percent had not secured them at all, while about 20 percent had secured their children wrongly. On of the most frequent mistakes is to place small children in the front seat, without disconnecting the airbag. The study also shows that only 30 percent of the parents are aware of that by law, children 4 years and younger are aquired to use licensed safety devices.