One question to consider is whether or not this kind of collapsable design is inherently dangerous. In that case, will other stroller manufacturers follow with their own recalls?

Recall: 1.5 million Graco strollers.

“This recall follows a Nov. ’09 recall of about a million Maclaren strollers due to 12 reported incidents of fingertip amputations.”

The solution for strollers, of course, is to simply give up the convenience of the compact folding ones and go with ones that do not have that feature. Folding wheelchairs face the same “dangers” as well.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8355893.stm

I believe Maclaren is now privately owned by an individual in Connecticut, Farzad Rastegar. The original UK Maclaren went bankrupt in 2001 and Rastegar shifted production to China in order to create a profitable firm.

One question to consider is whether or not this kind of collapsable design is inherently dangerous. In that case, will other stroller manufacturers follow with their own recalls? How was Maclaren able to do a recall in the USA, but has not done so globally?

Think of hard case suitcases and fridge doors, lot of opportunities out there for tiny fingers to get abused.

So, because the baby stroller is designed for strolling babies, there is a higher level of expectation that careless parents will be protected from accidentally harming their offspring?

Aren’t doors also used as an egress for infants and toddlers as well, presumably under adult supervision?

One wonders that perhaps folding up a baby stroller should also have a responsible adult supervising the activity as well.