Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 20:18:28 GMT From: th <someguynospamwhere.se> Subject: Re: Baby saftey seat and airbags
Dave Hinz wrote: > On Wed, 29 Jun 2005 14:56:35 +0200, Henrik B. <saabnospamPAM_tdcadsl.dk> wrote: > >>"Blacksmith" <xnospam> skrev i en meddelelse >>news:oiiwe.141023$dP1.494234nospamc.telia.net... >> >> >>>No No No!! A child shall be be placed in the front passenger seat with a >>>special babyseat mounted. Airbag switched off. Here in Sweden we have used >>>this for a long time and this have saved a lot of babies. > > >>Rubbish! > > > Didn't we just do this a couple months or a year ago here? The > technology varies, a lot, by country, as do the laws. Maybe someone > could post a picture of a Swedish baby seat in the front seat so people > know that it's a different kind of beast entirely? > I don't think the seats are that different, it's the use which is different. A quick picture from the web site of the Swedish National Society for Road Safety: http://www.ntf.se/konsument/barnibil/ Have you ever seen a child of that age rear-facing? Unfortunately the trend in Sweden is negative. We are more and more influenced by rest of the world. In 1998 71% of the children between 9 months and 3 years were rear-faced. 2003 this figure has dropped to 59%. Also the percentage of passenger seating decreased from 77% to 51%, this is probably more related to passenger side airbags, that were introduced very late in Sweden. For instance I don't think any or very few 9000 were sold with passenger side airbag over here. -- th