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And it wasn't just in hatchbacks or SUV's, the risk is there even with a regular trunk. Luggage can just bust right through. I guess the lesson is, strap EVERYTHING down in your cargo area/trunk.Looks like I need to tell my sister never to use the Cosco HBB combination seat I gave her as a booster. I'm amazed by how much damage can be done by having stuff in the trunk.
They actually went as far as saying that they want to forbid FF car seats.
I do think that's a bit extreme. That erf is safer is an easy conclusion and I agree completely. However, I don't agree that a properly used ff 5 pt harness is categorically unsafe. Some of the severe injuries and deaths involved gross misuse and may have still been survivable ff with a proper harness. Consider the child in the OHS with the harness in the lowest (and unreinforced slots), the child in a shield booster or the one in the Dorel HBB with a poor seatbelt fit. In fact, there are very few instances in the crash data of correct ff harness usage. Not to detract from the findings of the study (because I am a proponent of erf), but all of the children are under age 4 and a properly used 5 pt harness could have changed the outcome in any of those.
So freaking glad I have a Two way...
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