RF Information

After months of searching the internet, these links represent what we feel to provide the best information on car seat safety, particularly with regard to extended rear facing. (click any of the blue links)

Everything you ever want to know about car seat safety is here,

Child Passenger Safety Technical Encyclopedia ...

In the Encyclopedia there is a very specific discussion related to:

Rear facing vs Front facing

Rear facing was "born" in Sweden in 1963, based on NASA's space program, and the Gemini space capsule Bertil Aldman of Chalmers University

Child car seat advice questioned MSNBC

Rear-facing - unmatched safety CPSafety

British Medical Journal Study

recommends ERF to 4 yrs old!!

Rear-Facing is Safest Carseatsite.com

(Sept 2006) What happens to children in car crashes

Rear-Facing: The way forward (UK site)

Are Infants Safe in Their Car Seats? Consumers Union tests

Study: Car safety seats for children Published, Injury Prevention 2007

Rear facing - Getting the message right! Published, Pediatrics Journal

Injuries to children in forward facing child restraints www.pubmed.gov

Safe Ride News – Your Link to the Child Passenger Safety World

http://www.saferidenews.com

**Actual Crash Data** This is a long read, but WOW! You'll be amazed, many similar C-1 & C-2 neck fractures.

real life crashes investigated, commisioned by ANEC

Seat belt failure & car seat safety **BOOSTER SEATS**

ANOTHER TRUE STORY Kyle David Miller Foundation

MOST COMMON QUESTIONS

"What about my child's legs?"

"What about comfort?"

"My child suffers from car sickness."

"My child hates riding in the car!"

"My child is miserable rear-facing."

"My pediatrician said my child can/should forward face now."

(Read about them here)

Norwegian Website = * LARGE ERF CARSEATS* Car-safety for kids