pepsicola
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I was thinking about this earlier and wanted to see what everyone else thinks of this.
I was under the impression that the benefit to bracing a rear facing convertable was that it helped prevent over-rotation in a front collison. But now that I think about it, that dosen't make any sense. If you watch any IIHS crash test video, you can see that the front seats' backs move forward a lot when the car crashes. It seems that bracing dosen't make a lick of difference in those types of crashes, because the front seat will move forward allowing the car seat behind it to rotate downward.
So what's the point, and why do some manufacturers encourage it (SK/Britax) while most forbid it?
I was under the impression that the benefit to bracing a rear facing convertable was that it helped prevent over-rotation in a front collison. But now that I think about it, that dosen't make any sense. If you watch any IIHS crash test video, you can see that the front seats' backs move forward a lot when the car crashes. It seems that bracing dosen't make a lick of difference in those types of crashes, because the front seat will move forward allowing the car seat behind it to rotate downward.
So what's the point, and why do some manufacturers encourage it (SK/Britax) while most forbid it?
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