Njengoba amaholide eseseduze, kubaluleke kakhulu kunanini ngaphambili ukuqonda ukuthi iyini isimangalo somthwalo wemfanelo womkhiqizo nokuhlala unolwazi ngamathiphu abalulekile okuphepha kwamathoyizi. Isimangalo somthwalo wemfanelo womkhiqizo sivela lapho umkhiqizo onephutha noma oyingozi ubangela ukulimala, okuvumela abathengi ukuthi bafune isinxephezelo kubakhiqizi, abasabalalisi, noma abathengisi abanomthwalo wemfanelo wokufaka izinto ezingaphephile emakethe.

Ngokusho kwe-US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) umbiko wamuva, izingane ezilinganiselwa ku-154,700 ezineminyaka engu-12 nangaphansi zelashwa emakamelweni ezimo eziphuthumayo ngenxa yokulimala okuhlobene namathoyizi ngo-2023, futhi ngokudabukisayo, izingane eziyi-10 zalahlekelwa yizimpilo zazo ngenxa yezigameko ezihlobene namathoyizi. Njengoba ukuphana izipho kwanda ngesikhathi samaholide, abazali nabanakekeli kumele baqaphele izingozi ezingaba khona ezingaba khona ngamathoyizi athile futhi bathathe izinyathelo zokuqapha ukuze bagcine izingane ziphephile.

Izimbangela Eziyinhloko Zokufa Okuhlobene Namathoyizi

Umbiko we-CPSC wembula ukuthi iningi lokufa okuhlobene namathoyizi kuhlotshaniswa nezingozi ezilandelayo:

  • Ukuminyana ngamabhola amancane noma amakhrayoni
  • Ukuminza okuhlobene namathoyizi okuntanta
  • Ukuboshwa ngaphakathi kwebhokisi lamathoyizi
  • Ukungenisa ubuhlalu bamanzi

Incazelo Yesimangalo Somthwalo Wemfanelo Womkhiqizo 

Ngokuvumelana ne I-RCW 7.72.010, a isimangalo sesibopho somkhiqizo "kufaka phakathi noma yisiphi isimangalo noma isenzo esilethwe ngenxa yomonakalo obangelwe ukwenziwa, ukukhiqizwa, ukwakhiwa, ukwakhiwa, ukuklama, ifomula, ukulungiswa, ukuhlanganiswa, ukufakwa, ukuhlolwa, izixwayiso, imiyalelo, ukumaketha, ukupakisha, ukugcinwa noma ukulebula komkhiqizo ofanele."

Impilo Ephephile Ewusizo

Njengoba kuboniswe ngu RCW 7.72.060, umthetho ojwayelekile uwukuthi abathengisi bomkhiqizo babhekene necala ngesikhathi sokuphila kokuphepha komkhiqizo okuwusizo. Isikhathi sokuphila kokuphepha okuwusizo “siqala ngesikhathi sokulethwa komkhiqizo futhi sinwebeka isikhathi lapho umkhiqizo ngokuvamile ungase usebenze noma ugcinwe ngendlela ephephile.” Uma umthengisi womkhiqizo ekwazi ukufakazela ukuthi ukulimala komangali kubangelwe ngemva kwesikhathi sokuphila kokuphepha okuwusizo, abanacala.

Isitatimende Semikhawulo

Okokugcina, kukhona iSimiso Semikhawulo esithi akukho sicelo esingafakwa uma sekudlule iminyaka engaphezu kwemithathu kusukela ummangali ethole umonakalo noma ngesikhathi sokuhlolwa kwakhe okufanele.

Ingane yami ilimele yithoyizi. Kufanele ngenzenjani manje?

Ukubopha izinkampani nabakhiqizi ngecala lokulimala okubangelwe yimikhiqizo yabo enephutha kuyinselele futhi kuyinselele. Uma ucabanga ukuthi unesicelo somthwalo wemfanelo womkhiqizo, landela le mikhuba emihle ukuze ulondoloze noma yibuphi ubufakazi obuzosiza ithimba lakho lezomthetho ukusekela icala lakho:

  1. Thatha izithombe zomkhiqizo noma indawo lapho kwenzeke khona ukulimala;
  2. Thatha ividiyo ngesikhathi esifanele yomkhiqizo noma indawo lapho kwenzeke khona ukulimala (uma kungenzeka);
  3. Gcina futhi ugcine umkhiqizo endaweni ephephile;
  4. Cela idatha yamarekhodi akho uma into ine-EDR (i-electronic data recorder) noma uhlelo olufanayo
  5. Khuluma nofakazi ababone ukulimala kwenzeka -- bese uthola izitatimende ezibhaliwe;
  6. Gcina amarisidi, izincwajana zemiyalelo, kanye nokupakishwa noma nini lapho kungenzeka; futhi
  7. Shayela ummeli wemfanelo yomkhiqizo ngokushesha okukhulu ukuze uxoxe ngesicelo sakho.

Amathiphu Okuphepha Kwabazali Nabanakekeli

Ukuze kuncishiswe ingozi yokulimala nokufa okuhlobene namathoyizi, ikakhulukazi ngesikhathi samaholide lapho kuvame ukwethulwa amathoyizi amasha, i-CPSC inikeza izincomo eziningana ezibalulekile zokuphepha:

  • Landela Izincomo Zobudala: Hlala unake iziqondiso zobudala kanye nolwazi lokuphepha olunikezwa ekupakisheni amathoyizi. Khetha amathoyizi afanele isigaba sokukhula kwengane kanye namakhono ayo ukuze unciphise izingozi. Lokhu kubaluleke kakhulu ngesikhathi samaholide lapho izingane zingase zithole amathoyizi amasha ahlukahlukene, amanye awo angase angafaneleki iminyaka yazo.
  • Sebenzisa Igiya Lokuvikela: Uma izingane zidlala ngamathoyizi okugibela, amabhayisikili, noma ama-scooter, qiniseka ukuthi zigqoka izimpahla zokuphepha ezifanele, okuhlanganisa izigqoko zokuzivikela, ama-knee pad, nama-elbow pad. Kubalulekile ukuqinisekisa ukuthi izingane zisebenzisa lezi zimpahla njalo phakathi nohambo ngalunye.
  • Gcina Amathoyizi Amancane Kude Nezingane Ezincane: Amabhola amancane, amathoyizi anezingxenye ezincane, kanye namabhaluni aphumile noma aphukile kuyizingozi zokuminyana ezinganeni ezingaphansi kweminyaka emi-3 ubudala. Gcina lezi zinto zingafinyeleleki futhi uqinisekise ukuthi izingane ziyaqashwa ngesikhathi sokudlala.
  • Lahla Ukupakisha Ngokuphephile: Ngemva kokuvula izipho zamathoyizi, lahla ngokushesha noma yiziphi izingqwembe zepulasitiki, izinto zokupakisha, noma izingxenye ezincane ezingaba yingozi yokuminza. 
  • Ukuqapha Ukudlala Kwamanzi: Qaphela kakhulu lapho uvumela izingane ezincane ukuthi zidlale ngamadivayisi okuntanta noma emachibini okubhukuda. Ungalokothi ushiye ingane inganakwa emanzini noma eduze kwawo, noma ngabe isebenzisa ithoyizi lokuntanta. 

Ngokunamathela kulezi ziqondiso nokukhetha amathoyizi aphephile, afanele ubudala, abazali nabanakekeli banganciphisa kakhulu amathuba okulimala okuhlobene namathoyizi.

Xhumana Nommeli Onolwazi Ngesibopho Somkhiqizo

Uma ingane yakho ilimele ngomkhiqizo wezingane, kubalulekile ukuthatha isinyathelo. isikweletu somkhiqizo Abameli baneminyaka eminingi benolwazi oluhlangene bephonsela inselelo izinkampani nabakhiqizi ukuthi benze kangcono amakhasimende abo futhi bathathe umthwalo wamaphutha abo. 

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