Thank you all for a most interesting site. I am from South Africa and have been following this website for a few days. I have got to confess a few things:
I have just searched the south african web; there appears to be no such thing as a CRS technician in my country. This horrifies and apalls me when I think that in the month of December we had over 1200 road deaths (and we are patting ourselves on the back because this is down from 2006).
FYI, the majority of people in south africa do not place their children in car seats, and I stand to be corrected on this, but I believe that a car seat is not even a legal requirement for a child!
It is perfectly commonplace to see children riding on the laps of an adult in the front seat (neither wears a seatbelt) or standing between the two front seats having a conversation with the front occupants.
It is unheard of to have a technician assess or assist with car seat placement, and in fact, those who do use car seats tend to put the child FF as soon as he/she is 9kg (18lbs)
I am putting this out to you because I am really hoping that someone may actually have information to the contrary of what I have stated, otherwise it is incredibly concerning
I have just searched the south african web; there appears to be no such thing as a CRS technician in my country. This horrifies and apalls me when I think that in the month of December we had over 1200 road deaths (and we are patting ourselves on the back because this is down from 2006).
FYI, the majority of people in south africa do not place their children in car seats, and I stand to be corrected on this, but I believe that a car seat is not even a legal requirement for a child!
It is perfectly commonplace to see children riding on the laps of an adult in the front seat (neither wears a seatbelt) or standing between the two front seats having a conversation with the front occupants.
It is unheard of to have a technician assess or assist with car seat placement, and in fact, those who do use car seats tend to put the child FF as soon as he/she is 9kg (18lbs)
I am putting this out to you because I am really hoping that someone may actually have information to the contrary of what I have stated, otherwise it is incredibly concerning