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LATCH For Car Seats - Shouldn't all new 2003 cars have them???
Marc wrote in message
... I've seen numerous references to the LATCH system being safer. Though I don't know whether that is because the seat is more directly attached for better crash protection or reduction in the occurrence of the seat being misinstalled. I recently had my two year old's carseat checked at the fire station, and asked about the LATCH system, since my new car has anchors but our carseats do not have LATCH tethers. The inspector told me there is nothing safer about a carseat installed with LATCH than with the car's seatbelts. The only advantage to LATCH is that it is supposed to be easier to use, thereby increasing the likelihood that the carseat is correctly installed. IOW, comparing two *correctly* installed carseats, LATCH does not provide any increase in safety over using the seatbelts. He said that there have even been situations where he could get a more secure installation with the seatbelt than with the LATCH system. So, I would say, even if you have LATCH, you're not guaranteed the best possible installation. It still depends on your particular seat-car combination. -- Cheryl S. Mom to Julie, 2 yr., 3 mo. And a boy, EDD 4.Sept Cleaning the house while your children are small is like shoveling the sidewalk while it's still snowing. |
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LATCH For Car Seats - Shouldn't all new 2003 cars have them???
On Tue, 08 Jul 2003 15:40:23 GMT, Brandon Sommerville
wrote: Are you a moron? If not, you can buy any car and attach an infant seat. The LATCH system is supposed to make the seats moron-proof, but I suspect the morons will figure out some way to do it wrong. That's what the LATCH system is *supposed* to do. Unfortunately it doesn't work out that way all the time. Same old same old: rubber padded world, better idiots, the usual. -- ricardo, ex-euroslav vancouver bc canada e-mail: remove spamfreezone to reply for liability purposes: I *always* obey the law. '89 grand am le, garaged; '91 mx6 gt |
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