The seat belt is good enough, or is it? The existing seat belt system was never designed or tested to provide optimum safety for a pregnant mom, making […]
Category: Driving During Pregnancy
Driving in Pregnancy: What’s Being Done
Many university teams studied driving in pregnancy over the years. Ever wonder why? As a parent-to-be you know once that baby is born, you can’t legally drive anywhere […]
Missing Stage in Child Passenger Safety — Pregnancy
“The major role that motor vehicle injuries have on reported traumatic fetal injury deaths was shown and a significant new challenge for child passenger safety advocates is indicated.” […]
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History of Seat Belts: Effective for Men and Women?
The primary reason why it is safer to drive today than in 1960 is because of seat belts. It is true; seat belts reduced the number of lives that are lost each year in a car accident. Yet, the impact of seat belts did not happen overnight. […]
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Who Should Warn about the Dangers of Women Driving While Pregnant?
“When it comes to fetal mortality, the danger of getting in a car may be similar to that of smoking or drinking.” […]
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My Wife Is Pregnant! Now What?
Even if you’ve been trying to get pregnant, finding out your wife is pregnant can be a very exciting and nerve-racking announcement. Your wife now has a big […]
Pregnancy Car Safety: Why Some Say No and Why You Should Anyway
We have been in the child passenger safety world for a long time. So we get it why some experts would not consider Tummy Shield a prenatal must-have […]
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What to look for in a pregnancy seatbelt positioner?
We find more and more choices in pregnancy seatbelt positioner devices available all the time. This is good in a sense because it means more people are realizing […]
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Colorado study shows only 32% pregnant women wear seat belt correctly
Colorado Department of Transportation issued a news release August 30, 2023 saying, only 32% of pregnant Colorado women wear their seat belt correctly based on analysis of 1,712 […]
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Driving Pregnancy Safety and the Seat Belt
A summary of studies regarding driving during pregnancy We write a lot about pregnancy safety while driving. And we do talk about whether or not just the seat […]
