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Jumilla City Council joins DGT campaign to strengthen control and awareness of the use of child restraints and seat belts.
As we reported a few days ago the Department of Public Safety, the City of Jumilla is joining the campaign that drives a year DGT, DGT, to mark the start of the school year, for the control and use awareness child restraint systems and safety belts.
For this reason, various members of the local police in Jumilla are doing these days, especially track vehicles traveling with children to check compliance with safety systems marked by Law
The seat belt is a basic and fundamental element of road safety and reduces by half the risk of dying in an accident, like child restraint systems, understood as the best life insurance for children.
As reported by the council Public Safety, Marina Garcia "a child without securing multiplied by five the chances of death or serious injury, so that the responsibility of parents in this regard is vital."
Nine out of ten children in death or serious injury would have been avoided if they had used restraints mandatory.
In this way, one misplaced saddle quadruples the risk of infant death in traffic accident case.
70% of children traveling by car do not use the seat correctly, as calculated in the European project.
Also from the DGT has affected special attention to ensure that the belt or harness should be snug them, without gaps and over the shoulder of bike comfortable and safe traveling.
"Parents should be aware that if properly used child restraint systems will help reduce up to 75% of injuries in case of accident" Marina Garcia concluded.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Jumilla
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