galesville
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I have a snug ride & a true fit...my friend thinks you only use one or the other (seatbelt or latch system)..we are using both is that wrong??
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ok so is one better then the other? I posted a differnt thread saying i have a 99 jeep cherokee and it does not have a latch system but the car seat rocks like crazy..what do i do?!
It seems like common sense that it would hold the seat in place better, but actually, a car seat is supposed to be able to move and flex some during an accident to absorb some of the impact. Using both could make too much of the impact transfer to the child.
It seems like common sense that it would hold the seat in place better, but actually, a car seat is supposed to be able to move and flex some during an accident to absorb some of the impact. Using both could make too much of the impact transfer to the child.
this is not correct. the only real reason not to use both is because of potential interference and they haven't been tested and/or approved.
studies on rigid LATCH have shown that the more "one" with the car the carseat is, the better.
I have heard that is part of the reason as well, and I heard it from people on here :twocents:.
I heard it's mostly because we don't know what will happen, but also the fact that if you use both systems, it may not allow for the seatbelts to stretch enough in a crash...putting more force directly onto the child.
Not trying to argue, simply stating that the above poster has heard the same that I have.
i heard it here too, from several people. does that mean it's correct? you can't take everything you read on the interwebs at face value, ya know?
with all due respect to techs, not all have correct info 100% of the time, and many feel pressed to come up with plausible explanations to parents even when the information is not known. or, one tech hears an explanation from another tech and assumes it is correct. word of mouth is not always a reliable source of information.
if stretching seatbelts were necessary to reduce the load on the child, then rigid LATCH would be bad because there is no stretching... at all. yet, the data is showing that it is superior in terms of loads placed on children in a crash. what conclusion would you make?
this is not to say that using LATCH + seatbelt is okay, which it clearly isn't. but the reason of stretching is not the valid one; the only truthful reason is that it hasn't been tested (or approved).
and 3B, ford is actually onto something, because they have some internal research on the matter that most people don't know about . still, that doesn't make it an approved practice.
Just out of curiosity, when vehicle manual recommending dual installation and carseat manual disallowing dual installation clash, who wins? I personally would go with the most conservative option and install with seatbelt and top tether, since we're pretty darn sure that's okay. I guess I'd be willing to sacrifice a little "extra" safety for the security of knowing the installation was approved by all.
In a perfect world, the parent wins. You present the information, let them make the decision.
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