Persimmon
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I am so confused and would appreciate it if someone could please explain this to me. I read posts that say that we don't have data regarding RF vs FF past 2 y.o. and that we don't know if RF to 4 is safer but what about the British Medical Journal article that states:
"...One study conducted 31 frontal crash tests with 12 month, 18 month, and 3 year old dummies restrained in both US and European rear facing and forward facing seats.[8] All rear facing seats resulted in significantly lower injury measures for neck and chest compared with the forward facing seats; the European rear facing seats had the lowest injury risk.[8] Another study conducted numerical simulations comparing a 3 year old dummy restrained in both forward facing and rear facing seats.[11] It found that upper neck forces and neck injury criteria could be greatly reduced by using a seat that was rear facing. The conclusion encouraged manufacturers to develop rear facing seats suitable for children up to 4 years of age."
??? It is not US data but US physicians use international data to make medical decisions. The article was published in 2009 so there has been lots of time for peer comment and retraction if the studies mentioned in the article were flawed.
ETA: Link to study:
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/704630
"...One study conducted 31 frontal crash tests with 12 month, 18 month, and 3 year old dummies restrained in both US and European rear facing and forward facing seats.[8] All rear facing seats resulted in significantly lower injury measures for neck and chest compared with the forward facing seats; the European rear facing seats had the lowest injury risk.[8] Another study conducted numerical simulations comparing a 3 year old dummy restrained in both forward facing and rear facing seats.[11] It found that upper neck forces and neck injury criteria could be greatly reduced by using a seat that was rear facing. The conclusion encouraged manufacturers to develop rear facing seats suitable for children up to 4 years of age."
??? It is not US data but US physicians use international data to make medical decisions. The article was published in 2009 so there has been lots of time for peer comment and retraction if the studies mentioned in the article were flawed.
ETA: Link to study:
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/704630
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