Seal in seat becomes mandatory from April
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Parents should be alert to the carriage of children in motor vehicles. From April 1, will be obliged to sell the seat, seats or other lifting equipment for child restraint with the seal of the National Institute of Metrology, Standardization and Industrial Quality (Inmetro). The measure was established by ordinance of 2008 the number 7 Inmetro.
The Detran Pará, in the actions of education and supervision that develops in the track or in school, passes information to the owners regarding the proper conduct of children in vehicles. The body is emphasizing what it says of the Brazilian Traffic Code (CTB) and the resolution number 277 of the National Traffic Council (Contran), which regulates the transport of children up to ten years in vehicles. According to the norm, children up to seven and a half years must be transported in the back seat and restraint devices; above that age, should use the safety belt of the vehicle.
The same normative says children up to one year of age should be transported in equipment called convertible baby or comfort. Children between one and four years must stay in seat. And those four to seven years and six months must be taken into lifting seats. The use of restraint devices shall not be required for vehicles with total weight exceeding 3.5 tonnes and those of public transport, taxi and school.
Deadline - The advisor to the director of technical and operational Detran, Valter Aragon, warning parents that from June next year, will begin to review the use of restraint equipment as it is described in legislation. "Not that inadequate transport of children not being reported. The eye is Detran yes. But the review as it is presented in the resolution will be from next year, "he explains. "What we review at the moment is whether the child is being conducted in a secure manner, such as determining the Traffic Code," complements. According to the CTB, children under ten years must be transported in the back seat.
If not conducted properly, in case of accidents, emphasizes Aragon, children can stay with irreversible sequelae, including injury to the head and cervical spine, by not using a restraint system of impact. The inadequate transport of children is considered a very serious offense, with the record of seven points in the driver's Driver's License and a fine of $ 191, 54. According to the survey of Detran, 370 drivers were reported for transporting children inappropriately in the first two months of this year.
Source: Agency Pará
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