If you are going to drive your car during bad weather, you need to ensure that it is safe and ready for any conditions you may face – or you may end up like the poor Golf R32 pictured above! It is advised to have the following checked in bad weather conditions - [...]
19 Dec
Rear-facing not only turns out to be safer for infants, but for people of all ages. In fact, we would all be safer rear-facing in cars, airplanes, trains and elsewhere. Of course, this would not be acceptable to most adults. When seating babies, it is best to remain rear-facing to the weight and height [...]
18 Dec
Frontal crashes are more frequent, more severe and usually have less ride-down time than rear-end crashes. In such a frontal crash, it is easy to see why a rear-facing carseat is a better choice. The entire shell of the carseat cradles the child’s back, neck and head. Some seats even have foam protection in the [...]
17 Dec
When your child is sat in the car seat ideally you want the child to be coupled in as tightly as possible to the harness system and car seat, and the car seat as tight as possible to the vehicle with the seatbelt of latch system. When you do this, the child gains all the [...]
16 Dec
The speed of a vehicle is very important to the energy in a crash, even more important than the weight in the vehicle, when frontal and frontal offset crashes occur they are the most severe as they often happen when both vehicles are traveling at a high speed and in a opposite direction. Rear and [...]
16 Dec
Even with best practice, not all injuries can be prevented. Some crashes are unsurvivable. Still, much of best practice is based on statistics, and how to have the best chance to reduce injuries. Best practice may also be based on crash forces and physics. Both are very important regarding the use of rear facing seats. [...]
26 Jan