Regarding children travelling in cars, many parents generally have two great misunderstandings, one is that it is very safe to hold the child in the car, and the other is that seat belts can protect children. In fact, in the event of a collision or an emergency situation requiring emergency braking, under the effect of inertia, the force of the child's forward momentum far exceeds the ability of parents to control. Children are short, small, the seat belt either can not effectively bind the child, or the shoulder belt is located in the neck, can not play a protective role!

Children are the flowers of the motherland, is the hope of the family, to equip the child with a child safety seat, this is not a choice! In the newly revised ‘Jiangsu Province Road Traffic Safety Regulations’, (came into force on 1 January 2024) to further strengthen the protection of minors in traffic safety travel which increased the protection of minors riding in a motor vehicle, Article 31 provides:

1, arranged for minors under the age of four years old to take the family car, should use the national standard of child safety seats.

2, arranged for minors over four years of age less than one hundred and forty centimetres tall to ride in a family passenger car, encouraging the use of child safety seats and other restraining systems or the use of booster cushions in accordance with national standards.

3, minors under the age of twelve or less than one hundred and forty centimetres tall shall not ride in the passenger seat.

In addition, the Regulations also provide for other protective provisions involving minors.

Article 7 of the Regulations makes it clear that schools should incorporate road traffic safety education into the content of rule of law education, and integrate road traffic safety knowledge into quality education and the creation of civilised campuses. Secondary and primary schools and kindergartens should carry out education on road traffic safety topics.

Article 32 of the Regulations makes it clear that a person driving a bicycle on a road should be at least twelve years old, and a person driving an electric bicycle should be at least sixteen years old. Minors driving bicycles and electric bicycles shall not carry people. Adults driving bicycles or electric bicycles carrying minors under six years of age shall use safety seats.

Article 47 of the Regulations makes it clear that off-road vehicles and tools such as ‘scooters, unicycles, balance bikes, skateboards and roller skates’ shall not be allowed to travel on roads.