jwren
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Ok bare with me here, Let's say you have a 20lb booster, then you have a 9lb booster...the 9lb has latch and the 20lb does not...you are concerned that in the event of a crash the 20lb seat might be too heavy and has no latch so you child might not be secured, so the 9lb seat with latch is safer...then you wonder well if I have a heavy 20lb booster it should have latch or tether to help keep it in...ok that all makes sense to me too... but now lets think of it this way...starting with a question....what is the seatbelt weight limit for an adult? I would imagine it can hold 300lbs or maybe more? So now for my question...why would it be a concern to use a heavy booster securing the child by seatbelt...with a small child? It would overall still weight less than the max allowed to be protected by a seatbelt, right?
The only thing that comes to my mind is the obvious, seatbelt failure (like with KDM) or submarining? In that case would a latch or tether help, yes to the first, yes or no to the second. I am trying to picture this so correct me if I am wrong... Anyway there obviously needs to be some thorough testing done in this dept.. There are many unanswered questions... but just wanted to kind of put it out there for comments....
The only thing that comes to my mind is the obvious, seatbelt failure (like with KDM) or submarining? In that case would a latch or tether help, yes to the first, yes or no to the second. I am trying to picture this so correct me if I am wrong... Anyway there obviously needs to be some thorough testing done in this dept.. There are many unanswered questions... but just wanted to kind of put it out there for comments....