Is it OK if a rear-facing car seat touches front seats?

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stoopgirl

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Is it OK if a rear-facing car seat touches front seats?

I have a britax roundabout and recently installed in in our toyota camry in the back center position rear-facing. The car seat ( the back of it) actually touches the back or sides of the 2 front seats. Is this correct installation? What I mean is...Is it ok if the baby's car seat which is installed in the back, touches the front seats?
I just don't know how it would work otherwise. I hope you can picture it.
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Caviller

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An answer-

Bracing a rear-facing converible seat against the vehicle seat in front of it may improve safety in a frontal crash. Some claim that it can reduce or prevent the downward rotation of the rear-facing seat in a frontal crash. It is also probably better to be in contact with the seat to start, rather than possibly hitting it during the crash. Others argue that bracing may have no effect, since both the carseat and vehicle seat move forward in a similar fashion during a crash. Even so, bracing should never be a disadvantage, unless the instructions of your carseat say otherwise. The Century SmartMove, for example, must be free to rotate backward.

Are you also using the tether on your Roundabout while rear-facing? This can add additional stability.

Darren
 
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stoopgirl

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tether on roundabout

Thanks for the response. I was not using the tether, but will look into it for the next time we rent a car and have to use the car seat.
 

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