News USA Today article on carseats

Dorothy

New member

• Sep 16, 2011

• #1

I can't link, bc I'm on my phone. But, there's an article on the USA Today app about carseat usage.

ETA- Does this work? : http://usat.ly/pX94QY

Re-ETA- It's KQ!

Sent from my Eris using Car-Seat.Org. Ignore the Autocorrect...

 

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crunchierthanthou

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• Sep 16, 2011

• #2

awesome!

here's a direct link-

http://www.usatoday.com/money/autos/story/2011-09-15/gaps-in-child-seat-safety/50419556/1


eta: I totally started crying at the last line (KQ's quote about bare minimums).


eta2: serious sense of pride watching Anne's clip. great job!

 

SafeDad

CPSDarren - Admin

Staff member

• Sep 16, 2011

• #3

Gloria Bergquist, spokeswoman for the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, says the LATCH acronym can be confusing. She says the message needs to be more memorable and suggests: "Children should be tethered at all times in cars."

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Hurray!

 

LISmama810

Admin - CPS Technician

• Sep 16, 2011

• #4

CPSDarren said:

Hurray!

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But that, combined with the first awkward mention of the tether keeping a child's head back, make it sound like the KIDS should be tethered in the car. Not that I'm necessarily opposed to that.

The nice thing about media outlets stealing from each other all the time is that there's likely to be follow-up coverage now. :thumbsup: (ETA: Forgot that SafeKids put out a release. Still, when one outlet reports, others are likely to, also, rather than ignoring. Yay, peer pressure!)

 

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LISmama810

Admin - CPS Technician

• Sep 16, 2011

• #5

And here's from the New York Times Wheels blog: http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/201...uggle-with-proper-child-seat-use-study-finds/

No KQ in that one, though.

 

lourdes

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• Sep 16, 2011

• #6

Great article, how can I save it? Can you send it to me email?

 

xursusmaritimusx

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• Sep 16, 2011

• #7

does anyone know what car this is??? only certain models let you use cargo tie downs as a tethering point.... i wish they wouldnt have used that as an example because people will think its okay to do so in their own car without checking the manual.....

 

lourdes

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• Sep 16, 2011

• #8

Looks like the myride

 

Mags462

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• Sep 16, 2011

• #9

Excellent article.... GREAT job KQ!

And i think that car must me some sort of Chevy small SUV (equinox maybe??).... its not the Rav4, it might be a CRV but i don't think so....

 

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bearwithmoi

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• Sep 16, 2011

• #10

I had the same thought about the example they showed on the times blog. Is that allowed? Don't want to link to it, unless it is

 

safeinthecar

Moderator - CPS Technician

• Sep 16, 2011

• #11

xursusmaritimusx said:

does anyone know what car this is??? only certain models let you use cargo tie downs as a tethering point.... i wish they wouldnt have used that as an example because people will think its okay to do so in their own car without checking the manual.....

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Umm that vehicle isn't one of the ones that allow it...I can see a tether anchor on the ceiling.

 

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bearwithmoi

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• Sep 16, 2011

• #12

I think someone needs to tell the Times about the photo - or is it a safekids photo?

 

Irishmama

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• Sep 16, 2011

• #13

I liked it on FB.

 

Jennifer mom to my 7

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• Sep 16, 2011

• #14

safeinthecar said:

Umm that vehicle isn't one of the ones that allow it...I can see a tether anchor on the ceiling.

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I thought that was a tether anchor in the ceiling!

And it isn't an escape as far as I can tell, or a CR-V. Or an equinox.

 

Baylor

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• Sep 16, 2011

• #15

You did a great job Anne! You looked completely professional! Thanks for being willing to do it!
I put it on my facebook page.

 

EmmaCPST

CPST Instructor

• Sep 16, 2011

• #16

Jennifer mom to my 7 said:

I thought that was a tether anchor in the ceiling!

And it isn't an escape as far as I can tell, or a CR-V. Or an equinox.

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definitely not a CRV, tethers are on the back of the seat. Is it a Subaru?

 

crunchierthanthou

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• Sep 16, 2011

• #17

xursusmaritimusx said:

does anyone know what car this is??? only certain models let you use cargo tie downs as a tethering point.... i wish they wouldnt have used that as an example because people will think its okay to do so in their own car without checking the manual.....

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emma41256 said:

definitely not a CRV, tethers are on the back of the seat. Is it a Subaru?

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I'm almost certain that's the 3rd row of a Chevy Traverse (Enclave/Acadia/Outlook). That vehicle only has one tether in the third row, and it's on the seatback for the middle position.

http://media.ed.edmunds-media.com/p...vrolet/2011.chevrolet.traverse.20340685-E.jpg

http://media.ed.edmunds-media.com/p...vrolet/2012.chevrolet.traverse.20386187-E.jpg

 

ketchupqueen

CPST and ketchup snob

Staff member

• Sep 16, 2011

• #18

Sheesh on the misuse by the Times. I guess they're really demonstrating that misuse rate. If they'd watched my video first they'd have known to read the car's manual to find out where the tether anchors are!

 

Avery'sMama

CPST Instructor

• Sep 16, 2011

• #19

Excellent article KQ! I shared on FB today. SO nice to see an article where they don't get things wrong, like the Times, apparently...

 

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essnce629

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• Sep 16, 2011

• #20

Great job Anne! Sent it to all my playgroup moms, because even though they all have Britax seats and can still have their children rf'ing, they all turned them ff'ing around 18 months it seems. I did a carseat presentation for our group last year before they all turned one, which is probably the only reason they didn't turn them around immediately. They are all smaller than DS2, who is still rf'ing, so I know their kids can be too.

Oh, and do you have pics of your crashed car still?