Wouldn't expect a misuse photo from a place like this!

[southpawboston]

i'm not usually one to pick apart the media for unaware depictions of carseat misuse. but this really caught my eye, especially given the source: euroNCAP.com, europe's central crash testing organization, has this photo on their page where they describe their methods for testing child protection in their vehicle crashes (euroNCAP tests new vehicles with a RF dummy and FF dummy in the second row). you would THINK an organization like that, especially one that follows standards for their procedures and protocols, would have a pic showing proper restraint.

http://www.euroncap.com/Content-Web-Page/cec92835-f082-4bd4-b4a3-2958ec66cbee/child-protection.aspx

the straps are not only loose, they're slid off her shoulders! (she's also wearing a coat).

 

[lovinwaves]

Ikeemomma

 

[keri1292]

EEK! That is terrible!

 

[Erika Ruth]

It looks like she could just slip right out of that... (one advantage of chest clips, even if the are low, they position BETTER than that!)

Erika

 

[Lea_Ontario]

yikes

 

[bobandjess99]

OMG..can we count the ways that is just so WRONG?

 

[jen_nah]

ECK!!!! Is right.

 

[Patriot201]

 

[CarSeatPoncho]

omg, what the HECK is that seat?

 

[brightredmtn]

That is crazy!

 

[jrar8699]

for some silly reason I can't get the pic from the link??? can you help I would like to see it?

 

[southpawboston]

they changed the pic. now it's of a person buckling a seat belt. just imagine a pic of a two year old in a carseat with the shoulder straps pushed down the side of the child's shoulders, among other misuses.

 

[wondering1]

The new picture may not be so good either...seems to be a child buckling in without any other restraint?