skaterbabs
Well-known member
CR hasn't got a clue how to interpret crash test results or injury data, and no other organization can duplicate what they see.
If what they say was actually happening in crashes we would see injury data for it, but we're not. Contrary to what CR says, we are NOT seeing infant seats separating from the bases willy-nilly, and we're NOT seeing them fail with LATCH.
What we DO see from REAL LIFE crashes is that infants are VERY well protected. Infant deaths in side-impact crashes (the most deadly) account for only about .07% of ALL motor vehicle deaths. Since nearly 9 out of ten children are improperly restrained, the fact that infant deaths in side impacts are counted by TENS rather than THOUSANDS means that a properly-restrained infant in an infant seat has a VERY, VERY low chance of dying in type of crash most likely to result in death. Adults and children in seatbelts are most at risk.
CR was extremely irresponsible for publishing this article.
There has been no peer review, no duplicate studies, no publication of testing procedure ( amust for a scientific finding to be considered valid) and no one can replicate the results. They use a crash pulse that is the crash equivelent of an atomic bomb, versus the governement test that is stronger than 97% of all crashes.
Yet they go on national television telling parents (many of whom have no idea what is involved in crash tests) that the government tests aren't protecting their precious babies and their car seats are dangerous.
Honestly, this is simply yet another case of "pay no attention to the man behind the curtain! I am the Great and Powerful Wizard...." from Consumer Reports.
If what they say was actually happening in crashes we would see injury data for it, but we're not. Contrary to what CR says, we are NOT seeing infant seats separating from the bases willy-nilly, and we're NOT seeing them fail with LATCH.
What we DO see from REAL LIFE crashes is that infants are VERY well protected. Infant deaths in side-impact crashes (the most deadly) account for only about .07% of ALL motor vehicle deaths. Since nearly 9 out of ten children are improperly restrained, the fact that infant deaths in side impacts are counted by TENS rather than THOUSANDS means that a properly-restrained infant in an infant seat has a VERY, VERY low chance of dying in type of crash most likely to result in death. Adults and children in seatbelts are most at risk.
CR was extremely irresponsible for publishing this article.
There has been no peer review, no duplicate studies, no publication of testing procedure ( amust for a scientific finding to be considered valid) and no one can replicate the results. They use a crash pulse that is the crash equivelent of an atomic bomb, versus the governement test that is stronger than 97% of all crashes.
Yet they go on national television telling parents (many of whom have no idea what is involved in crash tests) that the government tests aren't protecting their precious babies and their car seats are dangerous.
Honestly, this is simply yet another case of "pay no attention to the man behind the curtain! I am the Great and Powerful Wizard...." from Consumer Reports.
