Talk:Infant car seat

message: Note:  We need a history of Child Safety Seats.
:History link provided, someone should take this information and integrate it into the article. --Ecksemmess 00:45, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

message: Mind you, I'm fond of the place, but the main article's awfully, er,  Canadacentric--laws regarding child safety seats in different regions should be linked externally.  Pity I'm not the man for it.Nhrenton 18:52, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Too much Canada

message: We didn't have any of this when I was a kid. back then rear seats didn't have those uncomfortable shoulder straps, windows rolled down all the way, and you could pull the belt out enough to fit an adult without it 'catching' and constricting you if you try to use it.
Let's just admit it, cars are deathtraps. No amount of inconvenience is going to fix that.. and anyway if you get in an accident you might as well be dead because you can't afford car repairs -and- food.
Interesting attitude! I guess it's a personal thing but I'd never allow anyone - child or adult - in my car unless they had an appropriate and properly fitting restraint (seat belt or child seat). Lizzie.gordon (talk) 03:42, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Balls 

message: Edited my prior comments in response to balls.
Mommy0406 05:31, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Car seats Save Lives

message: * There are now sections to put in both US and Canadian laws and links if somebody can add them.
* There's a request for a section about child safety seat history, however I don't see the link for it, so this is a new section that will need to be researched and written.  I'm unfamiliar with the history so will let someone else start that one.
* Also, does anyone have pictures that are public domain to add to the article?  It would be nice to have a picture of each of the different kind of seats to place in the section where each is described. 
Mommy0406 05:27, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Information needed 

message: I have removed the  New Zealand section, which was a blatant copyright violation, copied verbatim from here and here. Copyright in that site is reserved, except for personal use. --Chewy m (talk) 09:04, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Copyvio 

message: The tone of this article is entirely unencyclopedic. A rewrite is in order. Contributions/64.211.50.218 (talk) 21:10, 15 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Tone

message: The History section of this article reads like a child safety advocate, or car seat manufacturer's ad. Please review this article for neutral POV.
67.188.231.163 (talk) 04:17, 9 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  History doesn't seem neutral 

message: This entire article does not seem neutral at all. There is no history of car seats and everything seems really biased. A rewrite is in order.
24.107.165.221 (talk) 15:23, 9 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Not Neutral

message: This article is the exact same thing as its source, breaking federal law.  It needs to be completely re-written.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.233.223.112 (talk) 01:27, 10 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Plagerism 

message: While we are at it, let's run the whole damn thing through a spell check one time.  If the contributor can't properly spell it, the rest of the offering is probably for crap too.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.128.39.82 (talk) 19:45, 1 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Plagiarism 

message: The unfortunate reality is: car seats are law in most countries. Regardless of the propaganda, consumerism, US vs Canadian etc etc. And the information/ laws/ brands and finite differences between them change at an alarming rate!! 
I'll be honest and say I am being hypocritical here - but I neither have the time nor energy to completely re-work this topic, - and it DOES need a COMPLETE re-work!!!
We need one person from each country to volunteer, and move on keeping this information updated. MOMS! Someone just do it! (because as we can see most people don't care enough to)  — Preceding unsigned comment added by TracyLoeppky (talk • contribs) 20:46, 14 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  All Bark No Bite 

message: I have redirected maxi cosi to their parent company's article rather than this page.
188.222.188.169 (talk) 15:59, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Maxi Cosi 

message: The article switches back and forth between hyphenating the term. Hyphenated seems more correct to me.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jaorndor (talk • contribs) 01:22, 6 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  rear facing or rear-facing? 

message: In the "Europe" section, the article states, "Children may not be transported using a rearward-facing child restraint system in a passenger seat protected by a front air bag, unless the air bag has been deactivated." Maybe I'm missing something, but that doesn't make sense to me; a front-facing system would be dangerous in an air-bag deployment, but it seems to me a rear-facing system would be safer.--Miniapolis (talk) 20:05, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I would assume that in a front-facing seat, the child would be far enough away from the airbag that it wouldn't touch him, but in a rear-facing seat, the airbag would hit the back of the chair and could have quite an impact. Theoldsparkle (talk) 21:45, 14 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Regulations 

message: There's no discussion about the revised guidelines that were released March 2011 by the US organization American Academy of Pediatrics. 
http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/director_staff/public_information/AAPPolicyStatement.pdf
"In a new policy published in the April 2011 issue of Pediatrics (published online March 21), the AAP advises parents to keep their toddlers in rear-facing car seats until age 2, or until they reach the maximum height and weight for their seat. It also advises that most children will need to ride in a belt-positioning booster seat until they have reached 4 feet 9 inches tall and are between 8 and 12 years of age."
Most parents turn the seats around far earlier than age 2 because the child gets extremely uncomfortable with their legs jammed against the back of the seat in the rear facing position and it's harder to keep an eye on them. 
The booster seat recommendation has more to do with height at weight 4'9" and 100 lbs than the age of the child. 
Notsonativetexan (talk) 16:31, 20 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  AAP Guidelines Revised 04/2011