southpawboston
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okay, so i've read up as much as i can on the origins of the ISOFIX standard and how it evolved in the US to LATCH.
however, i don't understand why in the US almost all LATCH carseats still use belts instead of fixed points. CPSdarren wrote that epinions review on the baby trend infant seat with the fixed LATCH points and seemed to rate it very highly in terms of quick, snug attachment. but there are very few car seats in the US that use it, while in europe many carseats offer this attachment option.
given that LATCH belts (and seatbelts) can stretch as much as 12" in a crash, why aren't more carseats switching over to the fixed LATCH? it would seem that carseat movement would be much more limited in a crash with the fixed attachment points then with a properly installed LATCH belt. and why is that method so popular in europe but not in the US?
however, i don't understand why in the US almost all LATCH carseats still use belts instead of fixed points. CPSdarren wrote that epinions review on the baby trend infant seat with the fixed LATCH points and seemed to rate it very highly in terms of quick, snug attachment. but there are very few car seats in the US that use it, while in europe many carseats offer this attachment option.
given that LATCH belts (and seatbelts) can stretch as much as 12" in a crash, why aren't more carseats switching over to the fixed LATCH? it would seem that carseat movement would be much more limited in a crash with the fixed attachment points then with a properly installed LATCH belt. and why is that method so popular in europe but not in the US?