rear facing car seat articles

[somewoman]

This doesn't seem like *entirely* the appropriate place for it, but here goes!!

A couple of years ago there were a lot of articles about that discussed rearward facing child restraints and how many countries have rearward facing until the age of 4, yet we allow it at 6 months or 7kg or whichever comes in whatever order (didn't matter for me, I kept mine rear facing until she was old enough to learn to unbuckle, then had to move her so that I could keep an eye on her and make sure she was still wearing a seatbelt).

The topic has been raised in twitter by someone absolutely incredulous at talk of increasing rearward facing age to 2 in the USA, and I wanted to point him at those countries whose laws are the age of 4, and what research and car seats they have available. Does anyone know any off the top of their heads, or where one might find some articles on such?

Thanks in advance!

[feeb]

Google Sweden child car seats and you should get info.

My SIL has been talking about ordering a seat from Sweden but I dont think it would be legal here to use it.

Hope you find what you are after.

[mummydreamer]

i was going to say sweden as well, cause i remember something about their laws being until 4. yeh its so weird how varied the car seat laws are all over the world i think ours are pretty safe, but i know for a fact they could be a lot safer, especially with regulations on newborns, etc. hope you find some that help you out!

[~clover~]

I didn't know that. I know that the US its 12 months.
I still have DD rear facing at over 7kgs. I'm waiting as long as I can, but all mine got so frusterated that I turned all the others between 5 & 7 months.

[Feijoa Mum]

I kept mine rear facing for as long as I could and Lady is now almost 13 months and still rear facing.
I heard on the news the other night that they are recommending till at least two for here in Australia now too.
I cant remember what channel it was on but I guess it was either 7 or 9

[STARRYSKY]

There is also a you tube video that clearly demonstrates (with crash test dummies) the differences as to what happens on impact with rear or forward facing seats its quite scary really! There is alink to it on BB somewhere...