The safety of your vehicle is essential, and any damage to it can be a huge risk to you and other road users.
This includes the safety of your car’s windows and windscreens, as even the smallest chip or windscreen crack can be hugely detrimental to your vehicle’s safety.
If you have young children, or have one coming in the near future, then it is important that every aspect of your car is safe, especially if you’re likely to be driving them around.
With this in mind, keeping an eye on car window safety is extremely important and in this article, the team at The Windscreen Company will provide you with our top car window safety tips for children.
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On sunny days, your vehicle can get very hot causing children to overheat, suffer under the sun’s glare and feel unwell.
A cheap and easy way to handle this issue is to purchase and install sunshades in your car.
On particularly sunny days, you can pull down the blinds, protecting your children from the sun’s harsh rays.
Children love to play with the most inanimate objects, and this can include rear windows. Whether you have a winding window lever or your vehicle’s windows open and close using electric switches, they could have great fun playing with them.
While this might seem harmless, open windows can be dangerous, especially when driving. Not only can stones, gravel and debris fly into the car and potentially harm your child, but in extreme cases they may even be able to climb out.
With this in mind, installing child window locks will prevent them from being able to open windows and enhance the safety of the vehicle.
It’s also useful to promote good behaviour in the vehicle, not allowing your child to leave their seat while moving and teaching them not to play with switches.
Studies have shown that, on average, children spend around three hours per week in the car with parents and up to 96 hours per year with grandparents.
With this in mind, it’s important to provide them with a safe environment where they can enjoy the journeys.
This goes beyond just window safety.
To ensure your child is safe and comfortable in the car, the first thing you should do is make sure they have the right car seat for them.
In fact, it’s the law that children have the right kind of car seat until they are 12 years old or 135 centimetres tall, whichever comes first.
There are a wide range of different car seat types available, depending on the height and weight of your child. Rear-facing baby car seats should be used for the smallest children, who weigh up to 13kg. Forward-facing child car seats are suitable for those weighing between 15kg-28kg and booster seats should be used for children weighing more than 28kg.
Take some time to consider the best car seat for your child, and once you’ve selected one ensure it is secured properly in the vehicle before setting out on a journey.
At all times, it’s important to be aware of what your child is up to when in your car.
While you’ll need to keep your eyes fully on the road, it’s also worth adjusting your rearview mirror so you can also see your child.
This way, you can take a glance at what they’re doing every now and again, and when safe to do so, to ensure they’re safe and behaving themselves.
Whether it is side windows or the car’s main windscreen, any damaged glass on your car puts everyone inside the vehicle at risk – including your children.
So, if you notice any damage on your car’s glass, no matter how minor, you should always get it repaired as soon as possible to prevent further damage.
Here at The Windscreen Company, we offer a leading car windscreen repair and car windscreen replacement service to our customers across the West Midlands and the South East. No matter what the make or model of your vehicle, our fully qualified technicians offer a mobile service that strives to get you moving again as soon as possible. To find out more, get in touch with our team today.
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