Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2003 00:31:32 GMT From: "someguy" <someguynopsamhere.se> Subject: Re: 9-5 Passenger Airbag - how to disable?
"Nutmegger" <nutmegger_7717nopsamo.com> skrev i meddelandet news:b72fm5$9uq2t$1nopsam38055.news.dfncis.de... > > "'nuther Bob" wrote::: > > > I agree with the "put kids in the rear seat". > > Yes, it _is_ the safest, every parent should realize that. I hate to see > kids or baby seats in the front seat as much as I hate seeing dogs lose in > the back of pick-up trucks. It just seems so irresponsible to me. > Actually both accident statistics and research shows that the safest place is in the front seat. There are several reasons for this: - In the front the child seat has a strong support when leaning towards the panel which supports the seat even during very hard front collisions. Modern cars are designed to give acceptable collision decelleration for any objects inside the passenger area and thus the child can take also a rather severe collision. If the child seat is mounted in the rear it is supported only by the back of the front seat, which gives a much more unsafe support than the panel. The situation can be improved by using a child seat stand that goes down to the floor, but it is still inferior to the front seat mounting. - Collision tests show that child seats mounted in the rear give higher stresses on the child body than seats mounted in the front. The trick to reduce the body stresses is to be able to have the child seat follow the car collision impulse curve as much as possible (this is done by having the seat mounted as tight as possible, welding is the best method here!) and by spreading the collision forces on as large area as possible of the child body (this is done by making the child seat back as large as possible ) - If the child is placed in the rear never place it close to the door, rather in the middle (and don't forget the supporting stand to the car floor!). The reason for this is that the post between the front and rear door is the weakest point of the car at a side collision. Also for a side collision the front seat mounting is superior since the car is strongest at the front post, which in combination with the fairly stiff wall between the engine and passenger areas protects the child extremely well. - The available volume is often larger in the front, which means that the child can sit facing the rear much longer. Scientists recommend to have children in reverse mounted child seats up to the age of 4 or 5. - Having the child in the front reduces the risk of ending up in accident. A US study shows that the risk of getting an accident at all is increased by about 30% if the child sits in the rear seat, this is probably due to the poor contact between the driver and the rear seated child. Car manufacturers tend to recommend to have the child seat in the rear just to simplify their responsibilities and to reduce the problems of being able to easily disconnect the airbag. Thus, don't trust the car manufacturers in this case, they are not looking at the problem from a child perspective. -- someguy
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