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3 Children car seats in Hybrid/Electric

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  • #32
    Oafley Jones
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    stimpson wrote: »
    Backless boosters are not being banned. It's just that new group II seats will not be given Type approval if they are backless. Any currently available seats will continue to be legal and continue to be sold. It's only new designs that must have a back. See the last paragraph of the below article.

    http://m.independent.ie/life/motoring/car-news/new-child-car-seat-law-will-see-the-backless-booster-being-banned-for-smaller-children-34664673.html

    Having said all that, backless seats may of be as safe as backed ones.

    I didn't say they were, I'm speculating that the might be banned eventually. Tony Kealys were refusing to sell any more of them. It's not because they're as safe the backed models.


  • #33
    stimpson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,821 ✭✭✭stimpson


    Oafley Jones wrote: »
    I didn't say they were, I'm speculating that the might be banned eventually. Tony Kealys were refusing to sell any more of them. It's not because they're as safe the backed models.

    They're not going to be banned. They just aren't going to get approval any more. That way they can be phased out.

    I was reading a book called Freakinomics about (among other things) safety and child seats by looking at the actual data. The biggest contributors to safety are sitting in the back of the car, followed by being at the correct height so that the shoulder belt and lap belt sit properly. The extra protection provided by child seats for back/side impact are marginal improvements. They used to have the chapter online but I can't find it. They do discuss some matters related to it here http://freakonomics.com/tag/car-seats/. The book is well worth a read if you can get it.


  • #34
    ted1
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    goz83 wrote: »
    Im interested in the outlander myself. But when I was at a mitsi dealer, he said that 3 child seats would not fit. I didn't ask him, he just volunteered the info.

    It comes in a 7 seater, but that's the diesel version.

    Same here he had both instock but had no interest in selling the PHEV


  • #35
    ted1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,635 ✭✭✭✭ted1


    Oafley Jones wrote: »
    I didn't say they were, I'm speculating that the might be banned eventually. Tony Kealys were refusing to sell any more of them. It's not because they're as safe the backed models.

    I'd say the reason is that backless ones cost 8 euro and ones with a back cost much more, so there's a bigger profit to be had


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