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Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 21:35:22 GMT
From: "someguy" <someguynopsamwhere.se>
Subject: Re: 9-5 Passenger Airbag - how to disable?


"Nutmegger" <nutmegger_7717nopsamo.com> wrote in news:b7e4ln$dtntb$1nopsam38055.news.dfncis.de... > > "someguy" wrote::: > > The general recommendations here in Sweden are to have the child > reverse-seated > > as far as possible. > > Hmm....very interesting the difference in opinions. > > >The dimensioning factors are when the head goes above > the > > back of the child seat and when there is no mor room for the legs. These > > conditions typically occur at the age of 4. I the front seat the leg room > is > > often better than in the rear seat. > > Wow, I placed my child in a front position once he reached 40lbs which was > about 1 yr. I have been digging into some research reports on child accidents written in English. Here is one recent from a Philadelphia hospital research team: http://www.unece.org/trans/doc/2002/wp29grsp/Injuries_in_FFCRS_final.pdf In this report the current US federal safety standards governing child restraint (FMVSS 213) is partly put in question since it is discovered that it may be better to keep the child rear-facing beyond the age of 1. Actually their findings are supported by Swedish research (page 10 of this report) referring to: Hellman, I., L. Jakobsson, et al. Trends and effects of child restraint systems based on Volvo's Swedish Accident Database. Second Child Occupant Protection Symposium, Orlando, Florida, Society of Automotive Engineers; 1997. These are the same people behind the new ideas of whiplash protection in the seats, a feature only available in Volvo, Saab and Toyota/Lexus AFAIK. Here is another report from Ohio State University (Richard L. Stalnaker) where the conclusion is to have the child seated facing the rear as long as possible to avoid spinal chord injuries: http://classes.kumc.edu/som/prvm825/readings/spinal_cord_injuries_to_children.pd f (I only found the cached version on Google) Interesting work to dig more into these reports. Obviuosly it seems that the debate is going on also in Australia whether forward-facing or rear facing is the best for children in the age 1 - 4. Here is one link where the design of booster seats is discussed. http://www1.tpgi.com.au/users/mpaine/cr_surveys.html -- someguy

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