Iko yakachengeteka kumakumbo emwana kuti agone chigaro chemotokari paanenge akatasva pachigaro chinotarisana nemotokari? Zvakadini nemakumbo maduku akarembera pamusoro pomugumo wechigaro checheche yemoto? Izvi zvinoreva here kuti mwana akakura zvikuru pachigaro?
Vabereki vakawanda vatsva vanobvunza mibvunzo iyi, asi zvinosuruvarisa, mhinduro dzakawanda asi dzisina kururama dzakapoteredza. Vabereki vatsva vanonzwa motokari mazano kubva kune shamwari dzinofunga zvakanaka nemhuri, kana kunyange kubva kune vanhu vatisingazivi, kuti mwana wavo akakura zvikuru kutasva-kutarisa kumashure kana mune imwe chigaro chemotokari.
The Verdict
Mwana wose anotakura nyanzvi dzekuchengeteka uye masangano ekuchengetedza anobvumirana kuti zvakachengeteka kune avo madiki makumbo makumbo ekubata chigaro chemotokari paanenge akatasva-mberi. Kana iwe uchiri kutendeseka, chengeta bhuku rekudzidzisa rekugara kwemotokari yemwana wako. Ichakupa mazano akajeka pamusoro pokuti ungashandisa sei chigaro chepamusoro yemotokari zvakachengeteka. Kana ikasakuyambira pamusoro pemakumbo kugunzva chigaro, hazvisi izvo.
Zvakadini nezvenyaradzo?
Vamwe vabereki nevatsoropodzi vemotokari vanobvunza kuti mwana mudiki anofanirwa kuitei nemakumbo ake akareba kana vakaramba vari kutarisana nemakore akawanda. "Izvozvo hazvikwanisi kuva zvakanaka!" ishoko rinowanikwa.
Kunyange zvazvo inoratidzika isinganzwisisiki kumeso edu evanhu vakuru, inonyatsosununguka kuti vana vaduku vatasvike mushure mekutarisana nemotokari. Sezvaunoziva, vaduku vanogona kuzvikwikwidza mumhando dzose dzezvigaro zvinogona kukonzera kurwadza kwakanyanya kune vanhu vakuru. Kusimudza makumbo avo pachigaro kana kuvaturika pamusoro pegumbo remotokari mudiki pakuenzanisa.
Zvinonyanya kukosha, kunyange zvakadaro, zvakachengeteka kuti makumbo emucheche agone kubata chigaro chemotokari paanenge akatasva pachigaro chinotarisana nemotokari.
The Broken Leg Myth
Zvingaita sekuti kugara muchechi-kutarisana nepamusoro motokari kunogona kuisa mwana pangozi yemakumbo akaputsika mukuputsika. Kuramba-kutarisa kumashure kunopa zvakawanda zvakanyanya kudzivirirwa kumusoro, mutsi, uye musana pakuputsika.
Mune ngozi chero ipi zvayo yakakonzera kukonzera mitsipa yakaputsika, paizovawo nekanhu hukuru hwemusoro, mutsi uye kukuvara kwemapapu. Saka iyo nyaya yekusarudza kuchengetedza zvikamu zvakakosha zvikuru. Zviri nyore kwazvo kugadzirisa gumbo rakaputsika pane mutsipa wakaputsika, somuenzaniso.
Maererano neA Safe Kids, chirongwa chekudzidzira chimiro, mapfumo akaputsika ndiyo yechipiri inowanzokuvadza kune vana vanotarisana nevanenge vari kuparara. Izvi ndezvokuti makumbo emwana anokandwa mberi panguva yekuputsika uye anogona kukonzera chigaro chinotakura motokari kana kunyaradza. Kana iwe unonetseka pamusoro pemakumbo akaputsika, kuchinja kune chigaro chinotarisana nemotokari hachisi mhinduro!
Outgrowing the Car Seat
Chimwe chinhu chisina kunaka chinonyanya kutaurwa pamusoro apa ndechokuti vana vanobuda mumwana wavo vheya yemotokari apo mitsika yavo iri kumire pamucheto uye tsoka dzavo dzinogona kugunzva chigaro chemotokari. Nzvimbo yemakumbo emwana haina basa. Iwe uchaziva kuti mwana wako akangoerekana ari mucheche yemotokari paanenge asingasviki masendimita akaoma akafukidza musoro wemusoro wemwana, kana kuti mwana wako paanopfuura urefu hwepamusoro kana kuyerwa kwechigaro chemotokari. Iwe unofanirwawo kutarisa bhuku rekurayirirwa kuti uone kana pane dzimwe hukuru mazano, kana mirayiridzo inotaura nezvekubuda kwechigaro, izvo zvakananga kumusoro wemotokari yemwana wako.
Kuvana vakwegura nevana vaduku vane makumbo ari kukurira chigaro chinotarisana nemotokari, vanogona kugara mumatanda, vachiisa makumbo avo pamativi echigaro chegasi, kana kuti vachidzimisa pamusoro pechigaro chemotokari. Nhasi zvigaro zvekutengesa motokari zvinotarisana nemiganhu inotarisana ne 35, 40, uye kunyange 50 mapaundi. Zvizhinji zvezvigaro zvemotokari zvinewo marefu mabhomba uye zvinogona kugarisa mwana ari kumativi akareba kwenguva yakareba kudarika kukura kwekunyoresa, iyo makore maviri. Vana vaduku vane makore matatu kana ane makore mana vanogona kugara kumashure-vachitarisana vakachengeteka uye vakanyatsotarisana mune imwe yezvigaro zvezvivako, nechinangwa chekupa zvakakwana kudzivirirwa pamusoro, mumutsipa, uye musana, pasinei nokuti vanoisa maronda avo kupi.
Heather Wootton Corley anozivikanwa nevana Child Passenger Safety Technician-Instructor.