The Importance of Rear-Facing: Version 2

Easier to read version of "The Importance of Rear-Facing" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2DVfq...

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[Laura Heil Kinart]

I was in an accident in March, hit by a driver out of control during an ice storm, my daughter is rear facing and I was told she was uninjured because of that. Her seat did not budge! The only research I need is the proof in my beautiful little girls smile! She is 2 years 4 months old and still rear facing (only 25lbs).

[KaraBooKaraBeaner]

There's so much wrong with your logic. First, that's the amount of movement you will see in a crash when the seat belt is as tight as it can possibly be upon installation. Seat belts are designed to stretch to reduce the amount of impact the body endures. The seat belt absorbs part of the crash impact by being flexible.

And do you really think a piece of tape would prevent the head from moving in an impact like that?? If so, maybe they need to just start selling that tape instead of car seats!

[123nickiv]

I still don't understad why more vehicles aren't made with the back seats rear-facing in the first place. Then our children could be comfortable AND safe! This would even be safer for the older children and adults in the back seats too. I understand the reasoning behind the front driver & front passanger seat being forward (so they an see the road)... but it makes no sense for any rows of seats after that to be dandrously positioned too....

[graygraysmama]

We are still rear facing our 18 month old. Our doctor told us 2 is the minimum age to turn him forward. It hasn't really seemed like a big deal. Our doctor said it was safer for him so we just left the car seat turned rear facing. Our son doesn't mind and even though he is short for his age he seems to prefer sitting cross legged once he is buckled. I don't understand how parents justify turning them forward facing so young other than the law saying 1 and 20 lbs

[xsunshinegirlie]

over 90% of accidents are front impact. Children are safer rear facing in side impact crashes as well. Back end collisions are very rare, and the research is inconclusive as to whether or not rear facing kids are "worse off" when hit from behind. It's a very rare instance, and many cases have shown that the rear facing children are still safer, even in back end collisions :)

[lenats31]

You are right. There is indeed no tape in this video. What you see happens to be a sensor band that sends dummy data to a computer in the crash lab. It isn´t holding the dummy in any way what-so-ever

.I have this from VERY reliable sources in the carseat industry.

[lenats31]

Yeah I´m pretty sure that the Swedes would fake the T-Plus test results so obviously. Look here´s an idea. Copy all your replies to these videos and and add them to a mail that you send to VTI in Sweden. You might as well send a copy of that to Volvo in Sweden as well while you are at it.

[jsrcamp]

soo cool that you have that story and can tell people about it! thank you so much, I am a carseat advocate and post Videos all the time on Face Book about the benifits and safty of Refacing and even keeping their kids in a 5 point harness longer then the usaly 40lbs that the cheaper carseats go to. i have a 4 and a half year old daughter that is still in a 5 point harness at 53lbs(the Graco natulis) and my 10month old daughter will be ERF till the limit of her seat RF.

[blondie027]

and what if you get hit anywhere else? all car crashes don't just happen from the front!

[Christin Hardy]

thank you, also many parents do not listen to the law anyways even if it were to change it would take a long time for parents to change their ways. I know plenty of parents who turn their child at 20lbs, even if the child is not yet a year. I am not a supporter of them nor will I have anything to do with it.

My three kids ride rear facing until the limits of their seats, which my oldest at 4.5yr old still has not reached.