Nordic crash test videos

katiesmommy · Nov 10, 2007

Not sure if anyone has seen these, but I was looking for more info on the Brio Zento and came across these videos.

http://hd.se/webb-tv/2006/07/01/webb_tv_bilbarnstol_brio_zento/

Pretty interessting really. But check out this one for the Akta Duo:

http://hd.se/webb-tv/2006/07/01/webb_tv_bilbarnstol_akta_duo_xtp/

All I can say is YIKES!

katiesmommy · Nov 10, 2007

Okay, so the Akta Cosmic was even more scary:

http://hd.se/webb-tv/2006/07/01/webb_tv_bilbarnstol_akta_cosmic/

ignora · Nov 10, 2007

katiesmommy said:
Okay, so the Akta Cosmic was even more scary:

That one is SO not cool!!

ShumNum · Nov 10, 2007

:thumbsdown: WHOA!!! Those go from scary to TERRIFYING!!! It's almost like the carseats aren't even strapped in to the bench seat! Whoa!!

spokaneCPST · Nov 10, 2007

Yea, they don't looke like they are fastened in at the bite of the seat, with seatbelt or LATCH (whatever its called in Europe).

Very scary!
Renee

scatterbunny · Nov 10, 2007

Uuuuummmm, please tell me those tests were done by a Consumer Reports-type of agency, and that they installed them incorrectly?

Mama! · Nov 10, 2007

It looked honestly like they were only attached by the RF tether!

(and can we just ignore the naked girl pics in the corner of the screen on the videos? LMAO)

3acorns4Christy · Nov 10, 2007

WOW, I don't think they are installed.

katiesmommy · Nov 10, 2007

See that's what it looked like to me too. Kinda why I was freakin out a bit.

Mama! · Nov 10, 2007

Why would they go to the trouble of videoing/crash testing a carseat with No install tho? It doesnt make sense!

canadianmom2three · Nov 10, 2007

Well, if you follow the main link in the descriptor above the photo it takes you to this site http://www.testfakta.se/ which does look like some swedish version of consumer reports...wish I could really READ swedish, it might make more sense

LuvBug · Nov 10, 2007

Mama! said:
Why would they go to the trouble of videoing/crash testing a carseat with No install tho? It doesnt make sense!

The same reason they crash test/video seats that are expired/crashed, passengers unrestrained, passengers restrained incorrectly, etc... to collect data on what happens in those types of crashes.

Mama! · Nov 10, 2007

LuvBug03 said:
The same reason they crash test/video seats that are expired/crashed, passengers unrestrained, passengers restrained incorrectly, etc... to collect data on what happens in those types of crashes.

:thumbsup: Good point!

canadianmom2three · Nov 10, 2007

I tried to run it through a swedish to english translater, but it came back very very funny, and difficult to make sense of...but from what I could gather, the test videos MAY have come from this consumer reports type agency attempting to test how parents may install the seats without aid of the manual. There seemed to be some discussion around parents moving seats from car to car, and that install would suffer because of that, and from not following the manual each time. There was a woman quoted as saying (as far as I can figure anyway) that when the seat is installed correctly it functions well, better than a booster seat for children of kindergarten age, but because of it being a harnessed seat, it is more difficult to install than a booster, leading to misuse. There also seemed to be some speculation about how well the seats would protect children even if they were misinstalled. So I kind of gather that the videos may possibly have been some sort of illustration of possible misuse when harnessed seats are improperly installed, or a test to see how misinstallation affects safety of the occupant. Of course, this is just my best guess based on a very sketchy translation

Mama! · Nov 10, 2007

Nice!:thumbsup: That makes sense!

southpawboston · Nov 10, 2007

Mama! said:
(and can we just ignore the naked girl pics in the corner of the screen on the videos? LMAO)

nope, sorry.

katiesmommy · Nov 10, 2007

Mama! said:
It looked honestly like they were only attached by the RF tether!

(and can we just ignore the naked girl pics in the corner of the screen on the videos? LMAO)

Okay, I totally didn't notice that at all.

canadianmom2three said:
I tried to run it through a swedish to english translater, but it came back very very funny, and difficult to make sense of...but from what I could gather, the test videos MAY have come from this consumer reports type agency attempting to test how parents may install the seats without aid of the manual. There seemed to be some discussion around parents moving seats from car to car, and that install would suffer because of that, and from not following the manual each time. There was a woman quoted as saying (as far as I can figure anyway) that when the seat is installed correctly it functions well, better than a booster seat for children of kindergarten age, but because of it being a harnessed seat, it is more difficult to install than a booster, leading to misuse. There also seemed to be some speculation about how well the seats would protect children even if they were misinstalled. So I kind of gather that the videos may possibly have been some sort of illustration of possible misuse when harnessed seats are improperly installed, or a test to see how misinstallation affects safety of the occupant. Of course, this is just my best guess based on a very sketchy translation

:thumbsup: thanx, I tried running it through and couldn't make out a dang thing. Whatever translator I used didn't translate at all.

CRS · Nov 11, 2007

scatterbunny said:
Uuuuummmm, please tell me those tests were done by a Consumer Reports-type of agency, and that they installed them incorrectly?

Yes, they were

I looked at these ages ago but thanks again for the link katiesmommy - I'd lost them in my bookmarks and have been looking for them for yonks! hehe.

CDNTech · Nov 11, 2007

I saw the seatbelt attached but I'm wondering if it wasn't locked? Not locking the seatbelt would easily allow it to come out of the guides in a collision because of how the seatbelt "attaches" to the carseat.

The Akta Duo is a pretty popular seat... it would be interesting to see a proper crash test with it.

Lara · Nov 11, 2007

aidensmom02 said:
The Akta Duo is a pretty popular seat... it would be interesting to see a proper crash test with it.

http://www.akta.se.oas.funcform.se/upload/film/DL_ISOFIX_puls.avi

That's the Duo w/ isofix. They don't have a video with it installed with the seatbelt on their site.

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