Anyone seen this, it's the Freakanomics guy?

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StPaulMom

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The authors both admit that they'd never actually skip the car seat for their own children. Besides, the real world data proves that car seats DO save lives vs just using a seat belt (or nothing at all). Seat belts are designed for adults, not small children. There are reports showing injuries and deaths sustained because of using a seat belt on a child when they should have been using a booster or harnessed seat.

If seat belts were just as safe (or safer) as car seats, then we'd be seeing a decline in serious injuries and deaths among populations that tend to have low child seat use. We're not.
 

thepeach80

Senior Community Member
I'd never seen him actually speak about it, hearing him talk is scary b/c I can see parents believing him! I had a friend who happened to hear it today and ran it past me to see what I thought. I just typed a response to her complete w/ other crash tests but wow, scary stuff.
 

robbertbobbert

New member
This bothers me SO much. A lot of the people I know are very, very impressed by Ted Talks. I could see them believing any- and everything said on there, simply because it's a Ted Talk.
 

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