Poles don't know that baby seat should be in back only?

seemingly intelligent people in Poland sometimes really have no clue. Baby seats are meant to be in the back only- if the airbag goes off or if there is an accident the child has a better chance.

So many people in this country put their infant car seats in the front- do people not know that the airbag could actually kill the baby?? It is not like there is no warning- there are instructions on the car seat and in the car.

I don't get it.

Of course they know it but mums want to see baby all the time. Some people turn off passenger airbag.
Some cars don't have airbag at all because of earlier crash ;)

Yes if you don't switch the airbag off first.
You can switch off the airbag in the front passenger seat for this purpose in many cars. Didn't you know that?

Secondly, if it's an infant seat then in the front you can mount it in opposite direction and this is much safer as infant's spines are too weak to endure a car crash by just being buckled - all the impact force goes then to the neck area and breaks it while opposite side allows to distribute the impact force all over the seat (or whatever it's called for the smallest ones, craddle?) and the body.

It's logical.

ok, airbags aside- riding in the front no matter which direction is still not safe. In Canada children till the age of 1 years old need to be in the back behind the driver and facing the rear.

Statistically the safest spot is dead centre on the rear seat. Also, under six months the front seat is recommended, with no air bag, due to choking, heat regulation etc.

I've heard of dumbasses forgetting they have a child with them and forgetting them on the back seat.

Read the part of my post starting from secondly.
The front passengers seat is stathistically more dangerous than back behind the driver, but nothing will help a baby in a crash in fact. It's too fragile. The only chance sems in distributing the impact energy on the craddle and its whole body otherwse - small chances.

And as I know only in the front you have enough space to mount the craddle bacwards to the driving direction...

I read it. Infant car seats shouldn't be in the front no matter which direction they face.


I disagree. Of all ages babies are more likely to survive.

You are wrong. carseat.se/are-car-seats-in-front-seat-safe/

ok wow! now I know and only because your source is Swedish do I actually believe it!!

No offence, but you can also use your head:]


I gave logical explaination, arguments. You - nothing. Just an unjustified opinion. You thought people here are irresponsible or even stupid to do this, while it was... you not thinking and knowing that you can switch off the airbag and have contact with the baby and keep it safer (I am not saying that you're stupid here, but it was so unjustified and you were keeping to unjustified view instead of understanding e.g. my explaination). Hence my question: are you American? Because that would be nearly typical.


It is not about agreeing, Pip. It is statistics. Have you seen some car crash tests, with children or babies dummies? Massacre. Basically the seats don't help much. Of course it is better to use them but don't think your child is very safe in a car child seat or cradle.

Baby seat thread degenerates into national stereotyping and insults thrown. Only on PF!

PiP - you sound as if you have particular people in mind? Otherwise, how can you tell whether or not the airbag is still active?

For sure, deactivation of the airbag is essential if the baby is in the front seat -- unless a parent is content to take risks in situations where the outcome can be quite tragic indeed (internal decapitation)

As for the safest here ... or there ... debate. You don't have to get baby into the car for that -- start a conversation on sleeping positions :)

/cjj

Even with the air bag switched off, the baby is still safer in the back seat because of the way tthe car is engineered.

great, now what to think?
did you read that link?

I've always heard that from firefighters and such. The backseat of a car is surrounded by a steel frame and it's further back from the engine so there's less a chance of crush type injuries.

Do you remember Janusz Liberkowski and his Anecia Safery Capsule? He won million bucks for his idea and for a while worked with a major car seat manufacturer on developing his project.