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Thanks for all the extra info.
I saw a car yesterday that said "isofix" on the seats (kind of how we'd have the latch buttons on the seat back). But it did have top tethers. It was a toyota camry....not sure what year.
Now I'm confused
European vehicles also don't have top tethers, so ISOFIX is referring specifically to the rigid anchors and the seats basically just snap in to the vehicle.
Wow Lena, thanks for all that info. So the untethered seats, did they have the foot prop in use? I didn't realize they made seats with foot props for ff'ing as well.
Very interesting about the history of the flexible webbing, it's a different story than what I've heard before, but it would make sense.
I do have a question - do you know if ISOFIX has weight limits in Europe?
You know what they say about ASSuming, lol, I knew that European seats didn't have top tethers so I didn't think the vehicles had top tether anchors. Apparently I was wrong on that too since one seat does have top tethers.
(Is it true that the seatbelts there don't lock though and that built in lock-offs have to be included on seats? I figured I might as well ask. :thumbsup: )
Thanks for all the great info Lena! The Australians are funny, do you know there is not one single Australian child with a neck injury? They claim forward facing at 9 months is just as safe as rear facing.....
I can confirm that EU is working on increasing limits. They have apparently not decided but are talking about 22 kg (48.5) lbs. Haven't heard about the rear facing rules but find that to be far into the future. Europe outside Scandinavia really struggle with car seat safety. Hanging out in southern countries such as Turkey, Greece, Italy, Spain, is just depressing regarding car seat safety IMHO.
I love your MT! Your color is really popular with foreigners, I've sent quite a few seats in that color abroad.
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