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What are anti-abandon systems?

What are anti-abandon systems?

Every year in Spain, there are about three cases of death from heat stroke due to a child being left unattended in a car. Anti-abandon systems help to mitigate this risk.

What is Vision Zero?

What is Vision Zero?

We may have heard the term Vision Zero many times, but it may not be clear to us exactly what it means. In this article we try to explain the basics of this concept.

Weight or height?

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.

ADAS are coming to our vehicles to save lives

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

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

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

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?

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.

The power of the mind in the aging process

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?

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.

Airbag seats, a revolution in continuous evolution

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.