cmm7
10-14-2006, 10:42 PM
November's issue has a whole article on car safety. I can't tell you much about whether or not the actual car things are correct, but they did a pretty good job on covering car seats.
The first page is covered in pictures of children who were killed in car crashes. Two full pages on car safety and then it comes to the car seats. There is a dummy sitting in a Britax seat and an article on the 6 most deadly mistakes. They cover seats fitting in cars, installation, how tight the harness must be, extended rearfacing, using boosters, and how important it is to use the seat correctly all the time.
Next page has a child in an infant seat, but to me it looks like the child is too big for it. Definately less than 1" above the head. Next to that picture it talks about not using seatbelt adjusters and instead use car seats and boosters.
Not too bad of an article. The only thing I would change is they mention LATCH a lot and don't say anything about seatbelts being okay to use. Some parents might think that a loose LATCH install is better than a tight seatbelt.
The first page is covered in pictures of children who were killed in car crashes. Two full pages on car safety and then it comes to the car seats. There is a dummy sitting in a Britax seat and an article on the 6 most deadly mistakes. They cover seats fitting in cars, installation, how tight the harness must be, extended rearfacing, using boosters, and how important it is to use the seat correctly all the time.
Next page has a child in an infant seat, but to me it looks like the child is too big for it. Definately less than 1" above the head. Next to that picture it talks about not using seatbelt adjusters and instead use car seats and boosters.
Not too bad of an article. The only thing I would change is they mention LATCH a lot and don't say anything about seatbelts being okay to use. Some parents might think that a loose LATCH install is better than a tight seatbelt.