Prams and strollers – revised safety requirements Standard available now
Standards New Zealand has published Prams and strollers – Safety requirements AS/NZS 2088:2009. This revised Standard includes enhanced requirements and provides manufacturers, authorities, and others, with minimum safety requirements to reduce the likelihood of injury to children.
The Standard has been revised in response to incidents where children have been left unattended, or unrestrained, and other occurrences where strollers have rolled away from carers. New tests have been developed and included to address:
- stability against overbalancing
- small parts
- hazardous gaps and openings
- dynamic strength of locking and latching devices
- harness configuration.
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A new ISO Standard is now available for testing brake pads to ensure drivers are getting the best safety and performance from their braking system.
A variety of brake pad testing methods are used today offering different levels of accuracy and reliability. This verification is known as 'wear testing' of the pad material on braking systems. One of the main difficulties truck and trailer manufacturers face is costly, time-consuming, and multiple testing. These costs would be drastically reduced if the brake pad could be tested once and the safety results accepted in all markets.
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[more]Trampoline safety this summer
The popularity of trampolines has seen them literally spring up in backyards across the country, offering hours of fun and a good form of exercise to Kiwi kids. Injuries however are common and Safekids advises parents to take extra care when letting their children play on trampolines.
In the 3-year-period May 2006 to April 2009, 161 children were admitted to Starship Children's Health following a trampoline-related injury. Admissions revealed that almost half of the injuries were to children 5 to 9 years old, and injury patterns were consistently high during the summer months and school holidays.
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[more]Bikes for children
Reproduced with permission from Consumer website, 3 Dec 2009.
We tested nine children's bikes of all sizes against the mandatory New Zealand safety Standard.
Safety should be top of mind when you're choosing a child's bike. While none of the bikes we tested was perfect, some were certainly better than others.
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[more]NEW PUBLICATION
AS/NZS 2088:2009 Prams and strollers – Safety requirements
Specifies the materials, construction, performance, and labelling requirements for prams, strollers, and their accessories.
Supersedes AS/NZS 2088:2000
→ Buy this Standard
NEW AMENDMENTS
Free to download from our website: www.standards.co.nz
Or hard copy available at $29.95+GST (Members), $37.44+GST (Retail)
Amendment 1:2009 to AS/NZS 2063:2008 Bicycle helmets
This amendment alters Clause 5.3.3.
→ Buy AS/NZS 2063:2008 Bicycle helmets with Amendment 1 incorporated
Amendment 1 to AS/NZS ISO 8124.3:2003 Safety of toys – Migration of certain elements
Applies to the cover, title page, text one page, Preface, Contents, and Appendix ZZ.
→ Buy AS/NZS ISO 8124.3:2003 Safety of toys – Migration of certain elements with Amendment 1 incorporated