I need something to convince my SIL that she actually has to tighten the carseat when she installs it...that simply hooking up the LATCH anchors is not sufficient... any videos on what happens in an accident when the carseat is too LOOSE?
Also looking for videos of what happens if the harness straps are too loose. To convince her that just strapping her in is not good enough...she actually has to tighten the straps as well.
Thanks in advance.
Some old 'news' show, like Inside Edition, did a report on this, but just before the internet, so I saw it on VHS in my tech class and it was pretty old...but they paid for the crash tests of a loose seat versus a tight seat, and it was *dramatic*.
I think people think that 'well, my seatbelt is 'loose' but it will hold ME in, so my carseat must be the same way', but you have to kind of explain that there's a huge locking retractor in the sidewall of your car that will work in a crash (
www.howstuffworks.com has a great seatbelt section), while a harness or LATCH is not going to get tighter...instead of riding with the body, like a seatbelt does, it is in 'front' of the body, and the body will slam into it in a crash (I use my forearm diagonally across my chest to demonstrate it...grab your left shoulder with your right hand and 'crash' forward with it like a seatbelt, then hold your hand away from your shoulder and 'slam' into it).
Anyway, one of my classmates had lost his son because he though you could just buckle the seat in...when he saw the police report that his kid had died of massive head injuries because there was no locking clip on the ELR seat, he made it his life's mission to educate people... just interesting... I think that article CRS posted will be more helpful, though :thumbsup: