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Our kids should be safer.(Have You Heard?)
My own children are grown and many years past riding in infant car seats, but yours might not be, so the images I saw of our latest tests filled me with dread: Dummies tumbled like Raggedy Anns, seats flew across the lab, plastic bases cracked, and LATCH straps broke.
We will not be surprised to hear from you. And chances are that whatever you will ask, we're asking, too.
You will ask why a car seat that rated tops in our 2005 report did so poorly in our current tests. (See "What if this were your child?" on page 12.) The answer is that this time, we held the seats to more rigorous standards. Our new measure: We simply applied the same safety parameters for car seats that are applied to vehicles themselves. We believe that if a car withstands a certain impact, then the seats in which babies sit should be just as protective.
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You will ask why a seat that failed the current federal standard is even on the market. We have the same question, and we believe that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the manufacturer must recall the Evenflo Discovery infant seat immediately. We judge it Not Acceptable.
You will ask why infant car seats sold in other countries undergo a battery of tough tests including front and side ...
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