The Fundación Gonzalo Rodríguez expresses its disagreement with decision and encourages consumers to pay extra attention when purchasing a new car.

Our Child Passenger Safety technicians at the check Up Points, an advisory service provided by the Fundación since 2012 explaining the correct installation of child restraint systems, have discovered that 90% of child seats are incorrectly installed. 

Even though child seats can be installed with a seat belt, these anchorage systems (e.g. Isofix or latch) limit the possibility of human error during installation.

Correctly installed child restraint systems represent the appropriate protection for children when traveling in a car. Use of CRSs reduces injuries in 75% in the event of a crash, and prevents the child from being expelled from the vehicle, and from impacting other occupants and elements in the vehicle. Newborns should travel in a CRS suitable for their weight and height protecting them during the different stages of growth until they reach 1.5m.

The Fundación Gonzalo Rodríguez played a fundamental role in the promotion of Uruguay´s current regulations on Child Restraint Systems, as well as in the technical support regarding specifications of the regulatory decree, were recommendations by the United Nations are used as reference.

At the Fundación we advocate for safe mobility through the use of technology already tested for the transport of children in cars.  In this regard, we encourage the population to check the vehicle´s level of safety and whether it has Isofix o latch systems before buying it.

In its role as a long-standing, leading, social civil organization, the Fundación Gonzalo Rodríguez, offers its technical team to help improve road safety public policies for the benefit of society as a whole.