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Hi there, where can I find at he most recent and updated list of car seats which have passed the Swedish plus test
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The plus test isn't the be all and end all it only tests one specific thing, and no I'm not sure if any Australian restraints have been tested but our forward facing restraints perform exceptionally well regardless of the plus test. In the plus test there's a metal bar in front of the restraint at a certain distance and of the dummy touches the seat it fails, it's set at a certain length that basically ensures almost any forward facing restraint fails
Would you be able to tell me how much higher the Plus Test deceleration is?
The plus test isn't the be all and end all it only tests one specific thing, and no I'm not sure if any Australian restraints have been tested but our forward facing restraints perform exceptionally well regardless of the plus test. In the plus test there's a metal bar in front of the restraint at a certain distance and of the dummy touches the seat it fails, it's set at a certain length that basically ensures almost any forward facing restraint fails
Just for fun, please tell me where you heard your quoted description of the Plus Test? It's hysterically funny and incorrect
The correct value for G forces should be 26-30 G for R44 and around 40 G for the Plus Test. Sorry about the confusion, I blame it on the late night wine
You can basically take anything out of Australia regarding car seats and place it in the garbage. The rear facing limit is still in 2015 an incredibly low 12 kg (30.5 lbs). Such a fantastic country with well educated and super nice people. Really difficult to say anything negative except for the disaster with car seats. The AS 1754 is stone age and although it now finally allows Isofix it must be with top tether and no support leg is allowed. No point of even allowing Isofix with those conditions.
Not sure what you mean with this question. Deceleration is not a particular value, it has to do with the pulse. A steep pulse is more abusive. It's more abusive to crash into a cement wall than a wall of rubber tires. The G forces are much higher. I have below enclosed the pulse for the Plus Test for reference.
The Plus Test is performed on the regular R44 sledge but the pulse is as mentioned different. To pass to 25 kg, 55 lbs, the P6 dummy is used. It's quite a big and heavy dummy to carry around.
Australian researchers are well aware of concerns
about the risk of neck injury for young children in
forward facing child seats. They have therefore
carefully investigated claims of serious neck injury
due to tensile loads in the neck. No cases have been
encountered in Australia, despite monitoring by road
safety authorities. There have been a number of
overseas cases where it was initially claimed that
serious injury from pure tensile loads occurred.
However, in all cases that have been investigated by
Australian researchers, it was subsequently found that
a head contact occurred and contributed to the neck
injury.
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