Brief:
I recently read this article that spoke of this “killers Car Seat”, in the article it spoke about this company that was selling a small fabric car seat which wasn’t up to the EU standard that these car seats need to be in order to be sold in the UK market. The seat was advertised to be able to seat newborns up until age three, yet when the seat was tested with a crash test dummy of a three year old child, it failed dramatically, with the seat falling apart and the dummy flying through the windscreen as the straps that secured the seat failed. This article also stated that the online retailers that were selling this product have now removed it from their sites, and how because of this situation these online retailers are increasing their efforts to stop products like this from being sold to the public.
Opinions:
Much like most people I am pretty disgusted with the manufactures of this seat, as it would have been known to them that this seat was not up to par. What makes this even more disgusting is that is was advertised for new-borns through to three-year-olds, this manufacture is essentially putting these young children’s lives at risk as it would not protect them in the case of a crash. Yet whilst reading this article it also put into perspective that users cannot always trust products that are sold online. However there was one aspect to this article that I did not agree with, the author from Which? seemed to blaming the online retailers for the “killer Seat” stating along the lines of the online retailers should do more to prevent these types of products;
“Parents will be horrified at the thought they could be unwittingly putting their child’s life at risk with one of these ‘killer’ car seats. Online marketplaces cannot continue to turn a blind eye to dangerous and illegal products being sold on their sites.” (Alex N, 2019)
I don’t feel the online retailers should be help accountable in any sense for this fault product, simply due to the number of products sold on these sights it is impossible for the sites, employees and algorithms, to catch all dangerous products. It is down to the users not to trust everything that is sold online, and to even do a bit of research about the product they want to buy. The only people that should be held accountable for this faulty and down right dangerous product should be the manufactures, I would even go to the point that they be reprimanded for this product.
Leave a Comment:
Please feel free to leave a comment and let me know what you think about the article and let me know if you agree or disagree. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-47253546
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