Crash Test – Forward vs. Rear Facing
Sunday, August 22nd, 2010 at 1:15 pm
Don’t turn your baby around at 12 months. Watch this short video and you’ll realize why you should keep your child rear facing for as long as possible. Facing the rear is 5 times safer than facing front! Instead of turning your baby around at 12 months, get a rear facing or convertible car seat and keep your toddler safe. Many convertible car seats permit children to ride rear facing until 35 lbs. which is a tremendous difference in safety. Questions? Email ad@adventuredad.com
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Rear facing in the front seat, with airbag deactivated, is as safe as the rear seat. This has been proven by research and real life experiences long time ago.
In Sweden, which is 30 years or more ahead or all other countries in car seat safety, a large percentage of children sit rear facing in the front seat (airbag deactivated with key/switch).
Sweden has been leading the world in car seat safety for the past 40 years. Rear facing in front seat being dangerous is a common myth.
OH yeah… the front facing kid looks really strapped in there…. a kid that’s strapped in properly would NOT be flung forward like that.
and you gotta love how the rear facing kid is the one that’s all strapped in tightly.
w/e I’ll be turning my kids around when they’re a year old. when their feet are propped up on the back seat.
If you want to rear face your child at age 12 months that’s your choice. The earth is still flat for many parents who refuse to accept the huge safety benefits.
Both children in this test are strapped in PROPERLY. A great benefit with rear facing is the low forces on the harness. Most of impact forces are absorbed by the seat shell. This is why rear facing is 500% safer than forward facing.
Best of luck with your forward facing 12 month old, hope you’re never in an accident…..
A common complain from parents regarding Radian is problems getting a tight installation and also the enormous amount of space needed.
Harnessing children age 4 and up doesn’t offer any safety advantage. This is a common belief among parents. In Sweden, which is 30 years ahead in car seat safety, the recommendation is to never harness a child forward facing. it’s straight to high back boosters after rear facing period is over around 4 years of age.
Children like sitting with bent legs. It’s comfortable for them but not for us adults. There is no negative impact on safety in collisions from behind contrary to popular belief. A common injury among forward facing children is broken legs etc. This is not the case with rear facing children.
With airbag off that is totally legal. And this is not a piece of shit video.
No matter how well strapped your child is in the seat, it’s still your child’s neck that’s gonna get the worst impact, which may result in a broken neck. The child’s head is still gonna get flung forward like that no matter what. It’s just logical as the head is not strapped.
Our 2 year old is rear faced without any problems, and we intend to keep him this way at least until he’s 4 years old. Don’t want a kid with a broken neck if we were to
@writergirl182003
Yes it will happen. Because of the force. RFing they are more snug in the seat and the force is coming at them from the front, forward facing its coming from their back and it will propell them forward a lot.
That’s so ignorant.
Why on earth would you do that?
There is NO reason to.
When science, medicine, the CSPS and car seat manufacturers are all URGING parents to not turn their child around, why would you?
Pure ignorance is the only reason.
@anjomi1986 thanks for the info on the Radian XT SL?! I have plenty of room in my van for a carseat that large. and i LOVE the weight max. at 45lbs that will last a VERY long time for my petite kiddos. Both are in a Britax right now, and rear facing (ages 4 and 2). i honestly dont understand some of the comments about broken legs and such. i’d rather a broken leg than a broken neck…come on people.
@writergirl182003 WRONG. the forward facing is in a typical and legal booster seat w/should/lap belt. the rear facing uses a 5 point harness. and even w/a forward facing harness the head, neck and shoulders are flung forward in a crash. view the story of Joel to see what happens..he was in a 5 point harness and his neck was broken.
i cannot believe how clueless some people are.
@Gr8CFce
my boy is now 3 years and 4 months, still rearfacing and not complaining
@Gr8CFce Besides, I’d much rather my son’s legs be broken than have his skull ripped from his spine. One of those you can recover from.
This is how I look at it, would you rather have your child’s legs break, or their spine? It is very rare that their legs would even break, in fact no cases have been reported that because of rear-facing their legs broke. But again, I’d rather have my babies use crutches for 6-8 weeks than to be in a wheelchair the rest of their lives.
Must be better to have broken legs than a broken neck in an accident
@Gr8CFce My 5.5 year old is rearfacing, he loves it and doesnt want to turn around. He usually rides criss cross. My toddler’s legs still have plenty of room RFing. Even on the off chance a child were to break a leg in a crash it’s a whole lot easier to fix a leg bone then a spinal cord.
@rizzo0904 Not true….Sunshine Kids has @ seats the RF to 45 lbs, the Radian 80sl and the Radian XTSL
@Valigon Beacuse carseats can’t be installed in rearfacind vehicle seats.
@rizzo0904 Radian 80sl and xtsl RF to 45 lbs and the 65sl RF to 40 lbs. The US is so far behind because not enough people care enough to create the demand, hopefully that is changing!
@1Adventuredad
But if a child isnt mature enough @ 4yo to sit properly and safely in their HBB for the entire trip, every trip, then they are safer in a harness still. And I have not met any 4yo yet who can sit still and proper every time, never leaning out of place or dozing off, etc. The safest seat is the one that is age/size appropriate, and used correctly everytime. That is a harnessed seat over jsut a booster for most 4yo’s, and even some 5yo’s.
@1Adventuredad
But if a child isnt mature enough @ 4yo to sit properly and safely in their HBB for the entire trip, every trip, then they are safer in a harness still. And I have not met any 4yo yet who can sit still and proper every time, never leaning out of place or dozing off, etc. The safest seat is the one that is age/size appropriate, and used correctly everytime. That is a harnessed seat over jsut a booster for most 4yo’s, and even some 5yo’s.
I hope everyone just realizes its the proper fitting carseat that is safest my two year old is only 21lbs so he is rear facing and will be as long as it need be however his school was putting him in an infant seat because he doesnt weigh the 25 lbs there forward seats require on the bus which is more unsafe well it depends the infant seat is clearly to small he is three inches to tall for it so he doesnt have the protection needed and yes kids get broken legs
I hope everyone just realizes its the proper fitting carseat that is safest my two year old is only 21lbs so he is rear facing and will be as long as it need be however his school was putting him in an infant seat because he doesnt weigh the 25 lbs there forward seats require on the bus which is more unsafe well it depends the infant seat is clearly to small he is three inches to tall for it so he doesnt have the protection needed and yes kids get broken legs
Well, you’re the parent. You put the seat rear facing and tell them that’s their seat! Broken legs can be cast and fixed. Broken necks can’t.