Wed, Sep 06, 2006
AmSafe CARES Specifically For Use In Planes
Parents now have a new
option for securing their children on commercial airline flights,
now that the US Department of Transportation’s Federal
Aviation Administration (FAA) has approved a new type of child
safety device -- the AmSafe Aviation CARES.
CARES uses an additional belt and shoulder harness that goes
around the seat back and attaches to the passenger lap belt to
provide restraint for the upper part of the body. It is designed
for children weighing between 22 and 44 pounds.
The device provides a smaller and lighter alternative to using
forward-facing child safety seats on commercial airliners;
CARES is not approved for use in motor vehicles.
"We want to provide parents with options so they can make the
right decision for their children when they travel by air," said
FAA Administrator Marion Blakey. "We’re encouraging child
seat manufacturers to design new types of devices that meet the
FAA’s stringent standards."
Unlike hard-backed child safety seats that are approved for use
in airplanes and motor vehicles, CARES is designed and tested
specifically for safe use in airplanes only. Previously, the FAA
had allowed only airlines to provide these types of additional
child safety devices -- but no US airlines presently provide them,
perhaps fearing liability issues if not used properly.
According to the FAA, the safest place for a child on an
airplane is in an approved child safety device, not on a parents
lap. The agency encourages but does not mandate the use of child
safety devices on airplanes because of the increased safety risk to
families who, if forced to purchase an extra airline ticket, might
choose to drive.
The risk to families is significantly greater on the roads than
in airplanes, according to FAA and National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration (NHTSA) statistics.
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