PICS: Toddler thrown through windscreen in crash

I would actually disagree in this case. The forces involved in a head-on would have most probably severed his head if he was restrained. He's 4 years old.

Any other form of accident I would agree with you. Sad though, if the kid was at least just seated behind the front seats...
 
Pitbull said:
I would actually disagree in this case. The forces involved in a head-on would have most probably severed his head if he was restrained. He's 4 years old.
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That's why you should use a rear-racing car seat.

[video=youtube;sssIsceKd6U]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sssIsceKd6U[/video]

This country is horrendously backwards when it comes to car seat laws. Of course, if the kid was even in just a basic booster seat, he would still have had a better chance of survival than being thrown through the car window.
 
Pitbull said:
I would actually disagree in this case. The forces involved in a head-on would have most probably severed his head if he was restrained. He's 4 years old.

Any other form of accident I would agree with you. Sad though, if the kid was at least just seated behind the front seats...
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The child flying through the windscreen would've been prevented. As he would've been strapped in, the injury to his neck would probably be severe but he'd probably have a greater chance of survival.
 
Even my 7 year old is not allowed to drive in anyone's car unless he is strapped in either the front or back seat. He's already refused to drive in his uncle's car because there wasn't a seat-belt available, even though the trip was literally 500m.
 
cerebus said:
That's why you should use a rear-racing car seat.

This country is horrendously backwards when it comes to car seat laws. Of course, if the kid was even in just a basic booster seat, he would still have had a better chance of survival than being thrown through the car window.
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This, I thought all of them where backwards facing these days, all of my friends with kids all use the backwards facing ones.
 
cerebus said:
That's why you should use a rear-racing car seat.

[video=youtube;sssIsceKd6U]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sssIsceKd6U[/video]

This country is horrendously backwards when it comes to car seat laws. Of course, if the kid was even in just a basic booster seat, he would still have had a better chance of survival than being thrown through the car window.
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I'd agree and actually wish I'd followed that with our son, luckily nothing happened and we are all learning, if we do have another one rear facing until he's four.
 
I see it every day, sitting on laps or without seat belts, standing between the seats etc

As much as it pains me to see children hurt and I'm really sorry about that but to the parents: You had it coming.
 
Pitbull said:
I would actually disagree in this case. The forces involved in a head-on would have most probably severed his head if he was restrained. He's 4 years old.
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I disagree with you.

The forces that would be exerted the child are equivalent to the change in its momentum over time. If you increase the amount of time taken that the momentum is changed over, the resultant force is decreased.

Being in a car seat allows the bodywork of the car to increase the amount of time for the momentum to change over, decreasing the total force of the impact.

As opposed to what happened when the child's momentum was dissipated nearly instantly when it hit the windscreen.
 
Lupus said:
The child flying through the windscreen would've been prevented. As he would've been strapped in, the injury to his neck would probably be severe but he'd probably have a greater chance of survival.
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I have see a little girl's head severed clean off in a head-on accident. And she was restrained.

Don't get me wrong, I fully support wearing seatbelts. But a young child in a car has a very low chance of suvival in such a crash. Yes the rear facing seat would make a massive difference. This child was on his mother's lap. The fact that he flew through the window actually saved his life. The deceleration being prolonged as opposed to being instant saved this child.
 
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Pitbull said:
This child was on his mother's lap. The fact that he flew through the window actually saved his life. The deceleration being prolonged as opposed to being instant saved this child.
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How can hitting a reinforced window designed to stop bricks count as not instant?
 
Just strap your children in, unless you are serious about applying your scientific method to toddler decapitation physics.
 
Pitbull said:
I would actually disagree in this case. The forces involved in a head-on would have most probably severed his head if he was restrained. He's 4 years old.

Any other form of accident I would agree with you. Sad though, if the kid was at least just seated behind the front seats...
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Having a rear facing car seat reduces the force of a head on by 60%, not that easy to have a 4 year old rear facing.

I think with front facing there is still a reduction of like 20% as the seat absorbs some of the impact.
 
Pitbull said:
I have see a little girl's head severed clean off in a head-on accident. And she was restrained.

Don't get me wrong, I fully support wearing seatbelts. But a young child in a car has a very low chance of suvival in such a crash. Yes the rear facing seat would make a massive difference. This child was on his mother's lap. The fact that he flew through the window actually saved his life. The deceleration being prolonged as opposed to being instant saved this child.
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Impact at 60km/h is enough to send a kid through the window.

In a car seat they wouldn't have felt a thing.
 
I don't think there are car seats rear facing for children that size? My four year old certainly won't fit in one but by the same token, he's strapped in a chair and his feet are touching back of my chair, so in theory he should go into the back of my chair if loose. The restraints should prevent him from catapulting over the seats and the straps are over the shoulders , not by the neck. Only the very large seat allows the standard seatbelt across his chest. near his neck but I also put that across the seat.
 
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