The Safest Position for a Child in your vehicle

[@kyshjazh3266]

Thanks for sharing, your videos are really informative

[@hassantariq16]

I have a 5 seat car and 3 kids. The Child restraints do not fit into the back. So I have to place a child restraint next to driver's seat

[@amandakrouse4228]

Would love to know the line up for a van with 12 seats ... 1 in front with the driver, 3 front back seats 2 middle back seats and 4 back back seats...

[@carseatdude]

Amanda Krouse. Just extend out the rows basically. The further away from the sides the better, if that makes sense.

[@Theoneandonlycharmander]

So I have a 3 year old ff in seat 3 and a nearly 1 year old rear facing in seat 2 and my 6 yo in a full seatbelt booster in seat 5 and my gosh I’m constantly worried something will happen to him if we get hit from behind :( I have a Toyota vanguard (basically a rav4 with 7 seats) can I put anyone in the middle or not? I think we have overlapping belts.. or do you think we should sell our car and get something else? Which I don’t mind doing I just want my kids to be as safe as possible

[@carseatdude]

My video from the crash conference shows a RAV4 getting rear ended. Whilst this is a 120km/h, after 8 years working on the Auckland motorways, even lower speed nose to tail crashes do crush the rear of these vehicles. The rear seats are at best a engineering compromise by having to squash them in. Overlapping belts is a big issue unfortunately

[@jodiehardy5415]

In VW where you can turn off the passenger airbag thougts about a rearfacing seat? Gather is common in Germany but we are thebithersid eof the world. Differnet to when most people think about a child in the front who is forward faixng and an airbag coukd harm them

[@carseatdude]

The rear seat is still far safer, regardless of the airbag being turned off. A rear facing seat in front of an active airbag is fatal. Forward facing if they are too close is the issue. Like adults we need to be postioned correctly. The statistics and physics are clear on the rear seat being safer. The misconception which it is in Europe is from a study of parents after hospital admissions and were not actually fact based.