Hi-wondering if I am thinking about these things right.
Initially I did not understand how a child's head might come out of the wings in a side impact. I was thinking the seat rotates towards the impact because of the momentum, but now I am thinking that what happens is the car is traveling forward, gets hits on the side, but the child is still moving forward prior to moving with his/her seat towards the point of impact. Is that right?
If that is correct, I wonder how far forward a child's neck could stretch without resulting in death or severe spinal cord injury, and if any side wings-even those on the Wizard or Body guard would contain a child's head in a side impact. So that leads me to wonder if the side impact protection is more significant with regards to the torso than the head in these new seats. This is turn leads me to wonder what are the fatal injuries sustained in children who are riding in a properly used/installed CR. Are they head, neck, torso injuries? Are the injuries caused from the intruding vehicle hitting the child or the energy of the crash being absorbed by the child and causing something like aortic dissections as opposed to head trauma from debris?
My next thought is side curtain airbags. If I am correct in saying the child moves forward then towards the impact the side curtain airbags should provide reasonable protection for injuries unrelated to the head being extended too far. This gets me back to wondering what fatal injuries occur in properly restrained children involved in side impact crashes.
Sorry for the babbling. I think about this stuff too much.
Thanks!
Initially I did not understand how a child's head might come out of the wings in a side impact. I was thinking the seat rotates towards the impact because of the momentum, but now I am thinking that what happens is the car is traveling forward, gets hits on the side, but the child is still moving forward prior to moving with his/her seat towards the point of impact. Is that right?
If that is correct, I wonder how far forward a child's neck could stretch without resulting in death or severe spinal cord injury, and if any side wings-even those on the Wizard or Body guard would contain a child's head in a side impact. So that leads me to wonder if the side impact protection is more significant with regards to the torso than the head in these new seats. This is turn leads me to wonder what are the fatal injuries sustained in children who are riding in a properly used/installed CR. Are they head, neck, torso injuries? Are the injuries caused from the intruding vehicle hitting the child or the energy of the crash being absorbed by the child and causing something like aortic dissections as opposed to head trauma from debris?
My next thought is side curtain airbags. If I am correct in saying the child moves forward then towards the impact the side curtain airbags should provide reasonable protection for injuries unrelated to the head being extended too far. This gets me back to wondering what fatal injuries occur in properly restrained children involved in side impact crashes.
Sorry for the babbling. I think about this stuff too much.
Thanks!