Maclaren buggies amputating! why no UK action?

bap98189

Esqui wrote: »

And that's a normal thing to do??

Hopefully not. I would hope that parents ensure their kids fingers are nowhere near the hinge when it is being unfolded, the dangers are rather obvious.

But I guess McLaren couldn't rely on the assumption that their customers had any common sense or accept that sometimes kids do stupid things and accidents happen. Given the way this story has been reported in some of the tabloids, it is hardly surprising they have to be seen to be doing something even if it is unnecessary.

jennihen

I highly recommend the use of contraception for all those who can't operate a simple hinge mechanism - and in this country its free!!

nexuss

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8355893.stm

custardy

OnceUponADream wrote: »

Couldn't agree more!

I don't own a McLaren but my Mamas & Papas buggy has a similar hinge and shock horror my two kids have all fingers still intact.

i've caught my own fingers in the buggy
can i sue and can i get maclaren UK to fly me to the USA to get my modifications done?
its a M&P buggy but i know my rights!

deanos

Elbow joint hinge covers
To obtain a set of hinge covers for your Maclaren Buggy, please email your name and address along with details of your Maclaren buggy model and year to advice@maclaren.co.uk

pendulum

Kids will move around and fidget in a buggy. It's probably better if the buggy was designed in such a way so as not to amputate any part of the child under any feasible conditions. Letting the buggy down whilst the kid is in it is a feasible condition: it's a fun thing to let the buggy down with the kid still in it, similar to letting a bouncy castle deflate whilst kids are still on it. Some kids find that amusing. Unless it is a Mclaren bouncy castle, which would come down like a guillotine when the air is let out?

Glad the company are backing down and sorting this, because it is a real problem in my opinion.

P.s. Even if the amputations(!) occurred whilst the buggy was being put up, rather than put down, then the above pretty much still applies. Some articles aren't really clear about how the amputations(!) occured.

marleyboy

I thought only Americans were that stupid. Buggies should have warnings on them "warning collapsing a buggy with your child still in it, for fun - is extremely dangerous"

Children would find it fun to let a buggy free wheel down a very steep hill, whilst they are sat in it, which is just as feasible, but I dont think they should design a buggy with a "go slow" mechanism, just in case a parent is daft enough to do it.

Maybe a complete safety guideline should be included in the manuals for the adults to comprehend any potential hazards. From folding buggies to running across a busy main road with the buggy.

Inflatable castle's are built for fun, still with safety guidelines, buggies are not toys and are built for the transportation of a child, still with safety guidelines but certainly not built for fun.

pendulum

I can't work out if you're trying to be sarcastic or not.

Perhaps they should come with those warnings, because I wouldn't have expected an amputation to arise from the simple act of letting down a buggy with the child inside.

It sounds like a nasty design of hinge to me. The fact they've had so many incidents, and that they've gone to the effort of manufacturing a fix for the hinge, suggests to me there obviously is a problem that needs sorting!

Fuzzy_Duck

The way I see it McLaren aren't treating the British like idiots. There have been a lot less injuries here, because the majority of parents have the common sense to take their kids out of the buggy before folding it up. In my opinion they're doing more than enough by giving out the hinge covers.

Certainly, if you're going to insist on keeping your child in the buggy as you fold it up, at the very least keep their hands away from the mechanism as you do it. You can't complain when you weren't using the buggy properly in the first place.

geordieracer

Maybe if maclaren spent less time designing really fast racing cars and more time on a buggy the world would be a better place. Or do you think they should make F1 cars for kids now.....hummmm