{"id":22777,"date":"2014-07-28T20:04:12","date_gmt":"2014-07-28T19:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chopsybaby.com\/magazine\/?p=22777"},"modified":"2018-07-02T13:54:35","modified_gmt":"2018-07-02T12:54:35","slug":"how-safely-has-your-childs-car-seat-been-fitted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chopsybaby.com\/magazine\/how-safely-has-your-childs-car-seat-been-fitted\/","title":{"rendered":"How safely has your child&#8217;s car seat been fitted?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ecxgmail_default\" style=\"color: #444444;\">Getting the right car seat for your child and fitting it correctly each time is absolutely imperative.<\/div>\n<div class=\"ecxgmail_default\" style=\"color: #444444;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ecxgmail_default\" style=\"color: #444444;\">But an investigation by Which? into child car seat fittings discovered that 90 per cent of UK stores are failing to fit them correctly.<\/div>\n<div class=\"ecxgmail_default\" style=\"color: #444444;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ecxgmail_default\" style=\"color: #444444;\">Which? sent car seat fitting experts undercover to 42 stores across the UK, asking staff to fit two different seats.<\/div>\n<div class=\"ecxgmail_default\" style=\"color: #444444;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ecxgmail_default\" style=\"color: #444444;\">Of the 42 stores fitted, only 4 managed to correctly fit the seat.<\/div>\n<div class=\"ecxgmail_default\" style=\"color: #444444;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ecxgmail_default\" style=\"color: #444444;\">Which? found three particular chains performing the worst, making errors that would put children&#8217;s lives at risk.<\/div>\n<div class=\"ecxgmail_default\" style=\"color: #444444;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ecxgmail_default\" style=\"color: #444444;\">The worse three stores were\u00a0Babies \u2018R\u2019 Us and Mamas &amp; Papas who both failed 11 of the 12 fittings while Kiddicare failed nine.<\/div>\n<div class=\"ecxgmail_default\" style=\"color: #444444;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ecxgmail_default\" style=\"color: #444444;\">But Which? slammed Kiddicare as the worse of all for failing to use a fundamental safety feature which would securely attach the seat to the car. The failings in their fitting could have been fatal in an accident.<\/div>\n<div class=\"ecxgmail_default\" style=\"color: #444444;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ecxgmail_default\" style=\"color: #444444;\">Independent stores faired better, achieving seven out of twelve successful fittings.<\/div>\n<div class=\"ecxgmail_default\" style=\"color: #444444;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ecxgmail_default\" style=\"color: #444444;\">But throughout the investigation, staff generally failed to spend enough time fitting seats and explaining how to use them.<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #444444;\">\n<div class=\"ecxgmail_default\">\n<p>Which? editor, Richard Headland, said:<b>\u00a0<\/b>\u201cIt\u2019s unacceptable that retailers are providing such shockingly poor fitting services, which could potentially be putting children at risk.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have given our findings to the retailers and urged them to improve their staff training and knowledge of child car seats so they offer the correct advice every time. Parents should be able to trust the advice they get from major retailers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To make sure your car seat fits correctly:\u00a0<span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.which.co.uk\/baby-and-child\/baby-transport\/guides\/how-to-fit-a-child-car-seat\/10-simple-child-car-seat-fitting-checks\/\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\">http:\/\/www.which.co.uk\/baby-and-child\/baby-transport\/guides\/how-to-fit-a-child-car-seat\/10-simple-child-car-seat-fitting-checks\/<\/span><\/a><\/span><br \/>\nThe worst car seat fittings can be seen here:\u00a0<span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\">which.co.uk\/badfitting<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ecxgmail_default\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ecxgmail_default\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ecxgmail_default\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ecxgmail_default\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ecxgmail_default\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ecxgmail_default\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ecxgmail_default\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ecxgmail_default\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ecxgmail_default\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ecxgmail_default\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ecxgmail_default\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ecxgmail_default\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ecxgmail_default\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getting the right car seat for your child and fitting it correctly each time is absolutely imperative. 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