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Lap-and-shoulder belts prevent serious injury as well as car seats
Mon, Sep 8, 2008 (HealthDay News) — Among children ages 2 to 6, lap-and-shoulder safety belts are as effective as child safety seats in preventing serious injuries in traffic crashes, says a study by researchers at the University of Chicago and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
But their analysis of three large representative samples of crashes and related hospital data did show that child safety seats are 25 percent more effective at reducing less serious injuries, United Press International reported.
Lap belts alone aren't as effective as child safety seats or lap-and-shoulder seat belts, but are far better than riding unrestrained, the researchers said. The study appears in the journal Economic Inquiry.
All states require the use of child safety seats and the minimum age and weight requirements for children's use of seat belts has been increasing over time, UPI reported.
-- HealthDay
SO much wrong with that line of thought; but then they are contradicting themselves within the article and nullifying the very thing they are saying.
Has anyone heard anything else on this 'study'?
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