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Weight or height?
When it comes to choosing the safest car seat for our children, we must select the one that is best suited to their height and weight. In this article we tell you why it is so important to make the right choice.
The art of Flamenco merges with the works of Gasparini and Perez Siquier
The flamenco artist Paco Hidalgo is confronted with the characters that live in the images by Paolo Gasparini and Carlos Pérez Siquier, and who become the witnesses of his choreography, of which they are unwitting performers.
ADAS are coming to our vehicles to save lives
As of July, ADAS will be very important for your safety. Why? Because the European Commission has approved a regulation that makes the incorporation of some of these ADAS (advanced driving support systems) mandatory, to be phased in up to 2026. The first phase is starting. Here are all the details.
The trunk, a question of safety
This time of the year, with the start of the vacations, we squeeze the space in our trunk to the max, fitting everything in “Tetris” style. We tell you how to load your trunk taking into account the safety of all travelers.
Traveling safely at all times
Summer is finally here. Time to go back to your hometown, or to take those vacations that we have been longing for all year. Time to recharge our batteries and relax. If you are going to travel by car, make sure your children are safe.
Let’s go by plane
When we travel, one of the doubts we may have concerns the safety of our children in the various means of transport we are going to use. If you have decided to travel by plane, these recommendations should be useful for you.
My son is 9 years old, does he have to use a booster seat?
A question we often answer is: “When can a child stop using a booster seat in the car?” In this article we give you the different reasons why a booster seat is a vital element to be used when transporting a child up to a height of 150 cm, regardless of what the Spanish General Road Traffic Regulations (RTR) say.
Proper seat belt positioning is vital
In this article, we tell you why it is important that a seat belt is not twisted and must be properly adjusted so that it restrains the body correctly.
The power of the mind in the aging process
Luis Rojas Marcos, a professor of psychiatry and member of the New York Academy of Medicine, inaugurated the 2022 Academic Seminar on Economics and Longevity held at Fundación MAPFRE with a lecture on the power of the mind in the aging process and the ingredients that can enhance it.
What is the safest seat for a child in a car?
The basic principle of passive safety dictates that the safest place is the one furthest away from a collision. Since we cannot know how a collision will occur, the seat that is farthest away from all possible collisions is the center rear seat. Therefore, the safest seat is the middle rear seat.
Headrests, a safety feature for child car seats
It may seem obvious, but a simple gesture such as positioning the head restraint correctly can protect a child from injury. Using headrests properly is important when traveling with children.
Airbag seats, a revolution in continuous evolution
Why don’t CRS have airbags like cars do? Since there are currently car seat models on the Spanish market that use this technology in a very similar way, we will explain what is involved in using an airbag with a child seat and the challenges that the manufacturers who use them with children’s car seats have had to face.
Multi-group seats: a wise purchase?
Child car seats are products designed to prevent injury (or even loss of life) to the occupant in the event of a sudden stop or traffic accident. For this reason, we must spend time making the right choice.
What are impact shields?
Impact shields are a part of a certain type of car seat that is placed over the child’s legs and secured either by the vehicle’s seat belt or by the belt on the impact shield itself. In this article we tell you how they work and how safe they are compared to other systems.
Defining the mobility of the future
For three days, the Global Mobility Call, the first sustainable mobility conference designed to position Spain as a benchmark in this field, brought together in Madrid the leaders of the new mobility ecosystem. Our experts took part in forums and round tables with more than 300 participants from all over the world.
Hate speech on social media damages the mind and the heart
At the 2nd Digital Health Conference: Mental health in the face of hate on social networks, we brought together professionals from the spheres of psychology, social media and communication, as well as the police, to analyze how hate messages that are spread through the internet can cause disorders in children and young people, and what we as a society can do to prevent them.
The Spanish Parliament’s Road Safety Commission endorses the European Road Safety Charter
Seeking to promote new road safety and sustainable mobility policies worldwide, in 2004 the European Commission launched the European Road Safety Charter, an initiative that all organisations working in this field can support. By endorsing the charter, organisations can contact other institutes with which they can share best practices, receive information and take part in the Road Safety Excellence Awards, among other benefits.