title: How child-resistant are stroller belt buckles?
abstract: 70 children, between the ages of 24 and 36 months, participated in the assessment of three different styles of stroller seat buckles representing difficulties for children to disconnect the buckle mechanism in the restraint system. None could prevent all the children from opening the restraint system. One was much easier for children to open than the other two styles. Stroller-restraint buckles provide false security to parents who use strollers, as there are no published standards regarding the use of children's stroller seat-belt buckles as a safety device.
authors.affiliation: Biokinetics Research Laboratory, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122, USA.
authors.forename: M V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Ridenour
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D015370:Infant Equipment / Q000592:standards*; D012449:Safety; D012622:Seat Belts / Q000592:standards*