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Consumer Reports Car Seat Findings Withdrawn! Posted: 01-18-07 16:15pm
consumer
reports magazine backed off thursday from
its recent negative report on infant car
seats, saying test crashes were conducted
at speeds higher than it had claimed.
The magazine reported jan. 4 that most of
the seats it tested "failed disastrously"
in crashes at speeds as low as 35 mph. In
one test, it said, a dummy child was
hurled 30 feet.
In a statement issued thursday, consumer
reports said it had received information
from the national highway traffic safety
administration "concerning the speed at
which our side-impact tests were
conducted" — supposedly, 38 mph.
Consumer reports spokesman ken weine said
new information from the federal agency
showed that the speeds were higher.
The national highway traffic safety
administration said the crash tests were
conducted under conditions that would
represent being struck at more than 70 mph
— twice as fast as the magazine
claimed.
"consumer reports was right to withdraw
its infant car seat test report and I
appreciate that they have taken this
corrective action," said nhtsa
administrator nicole nason. "i was
troubled by the report because it
frightened parents and could have
discouraged them from using car
seats."
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AyaMiyaki
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Posted: 01-18-07 16:17pm
Wow.
We have the .Evenflo .Discovery which made
their "unsafe" list, so this makes me feel
a bit better.
Why would they lie about their testing
speeds?
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Idony
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Posted: 01-18-07 16:37pm
Wait wasnt there only one that "passed"?
Ya think maybe they were trying to scare
you into buying that certain one?
People are stupid
~alicia~
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AyaMiyaki
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Posted: 01-18-07 16:38pm
2 passed, I believe. And like 10+ failed.
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Eyes Wide Shut
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Posted: 01-18-07 17:16pm
That's great to read!! Wheeeew...Cuz I
don't know if mines was on the stupid
list!!
Sarah
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Sandbox Party
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Posted: 01-18-07 18:10pm
I know the snugride was one of the two
that passed and thats the one that .Caty
uses.
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oh_mommy
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Posted: 01-18-07 18:13pm
Safety first failed, and thats what reese
has
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ladylee70
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Posted: 01-18-07 21:41pm
I do have one that I used for my first for
this child but I am still going to buy one
of the safe lists! We use the freeway all
the time and do go that speed limit.
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