Infant Car Seats Perform Poorly in Tests
Consumer Reports magazine reports that car seats for infants often fail to withstand broadside impact. Manufacturers are only required to test baby seats in head-on collisions, but the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said they are working on developing their own broadside crash tests. Out of the 12 models tested, 10 of them failed the broadside crash test. You can read the full article of the NY Times article by clicking HERE or the detailed Safety Alert at Consumer Reports by clicking HERE.
Source: "Car Seats for Infants Often Fail in Broadside Crashes, Tests Find" by Matthew L. Wald, published in The New York Times.
Source: "Car Seats for Infants Often Fail in Broadside Crashes, Tests Find" by Matthew L. Wald, published in The New York Times.
