Forward facing crash test

[Regi44cw]

High impact rear facing are very rare and only make up less than 7 % of all impacts. Rer facing is perfectly safe, more so than forward facing.

[lifescholar]

Is this car seat properly installed?  Because it doesn't look like it is tethered at all at the top.

[benmarshall76]

@lifescholar The "childs" straps don't seem to be as tight as they should be either. But I noticed that the top tether strap is not attached or VERY loose. that seat should not move that much.. I'm not saying either or is right.

[Aletzsa0147]

anyone know how much it costs one of these babies for crash tests and where I can buy?

really need one: (

[luvingmami]

LOL @ a1mint's comment and so I agreed! Car companies needs to make vehicle seatings facing backward for the bigger kids that can't rear-facing in regular seats. Also, I wish I could keep both my 7 and 5 yr old rearfacing but it is just too impossible...might cause more injuries if I try (not enough room).

[Xakana]

@luvingmami Many full size vans do.

[mltarymama]

@luvingmami they cannot make seating facing backwards anymore it is extremely dangerous if you get rear ended. Can you imagine if you got rear ended badly with a child facing it. They would not live.

[a1mint]

Make me want to sit backwards in the driver's seat ;-)

[needhelp1990]

rotfl!!

[wintereberstein]

Dawnjordan, I wish you were right...*sigh*...I'm a pediatric nurse, and I've seen this horrible PREVENTABLE tragedy and what's even worse are the poor parents who never knew this could happen but though they were doing their best with any sort of carseat; in "normal" conditions, Rearfacing is BEST even up to 40 pounds--in 'abnormal', it's the difference between life& death or paralyzation. Please spread the word---being a parent doesn't come with a manual--help get the word out &let's save lives

[luv2bfishin]

I agree with csyakiimo's comment. The forward thrust of the head can cause severe injury to the the back of the neck, which involves the spinal cord attachment to the brain. My 18 mo old grandson was securely strapped into a front-facing carseat in the rear passenger seat, and the car hit a tree at 35 mph. His top 2 vertebrae were "mis-alligned" and required bone fusion surgery. Thank God, all his arms & legs work. Usually the results are paralysis/death. Rear facing is the only way to go!

[NicolaMonk]

Just a question- how fast is the car going in this video? Is it at the same speed in the rear facing video?

[dawnjordan77]

I do not agree at all with this video. If your car seat is installed correctly and your child is correctly buckled, this will not happen!!! The car seat should not be able to be moved more than 2" by hand, and the buckle should not be more than 2 fingers width from their chest. This is a video to scare people, nothing more.

[csyakiimo]

The above comment is incorrect. Readers please do not believe it. To explain: They should have shown the video at full speed as well as slow motion and anyone would be able to understand how dangerous that is for a child. The force that you use to move the belt 2 inches by hand is nothing compared to going from 30, 40 or more miles per hour to a stop nearly instantly. The child's chest being held tightly does nothing to stop the movement of the head and thus stretching/breaking of the spine.

[csyakiimo]

To be sure, a forward facing seat is infinitely better than no child seat, but by any measure rear facing is safer.

[darlingdivine]

Also, seatbelts stretch in an accident because of the forces put on them. That's why it's important to have no more than one inch of movement in a child's carseat at the beltpath. This video shows the kind of reaction the body/carseat have when properly installed. If the harness was too loose, the child could slip right out during a crash and if the seatbelt holding the carseat was too lose the child would likely strike parts of the interior of the car.

[Pr0m0m]

This is a truth of physics, and yes parents SHOULD be scared. This is a matter of life and death. Keep your kids rear facing as long as possible. Ignorance in this case is not bliss!

[echoo08]

that shit was on so loose!

[dollythebrat]

thats high speed not loose straps - and how tight the straps are has nothing to do with the internal decapitation that happens when a child is forward facing.

[Pluttmamman]

Låt era barn åka bakåtvänt tills de åtminstone fyllt 5 år!

"Barnet" på ovanstående film hade brutit nacken och dött. Hade barnet suttit bakåtvänt hade det överlevt!