LAST AUTO NEWS – IIHS RATES 13 CHILD BOOSTER SEATS “POOR”
Last Auto Account – IIHS Rates 13 Adolescent Booster Seats “Poor” 
In a analysis of 41 belt-positioning booster seats adapted in a ambit of ’01-’06 archetypal year autos, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety advised that 13 models did a poor job of repositioning belts in adjustment to abundantly assure accouchement in the accident of a collision. While the poorly-performing models may accept bigger belt ..Last Auto account –
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In a analysis of 41 belt-positioning booster seats adapted in a ambit of ’01-’06 archetypal year autos, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety advised that 13 models did a poor job of repositioning belts in adjustment to abundantly assure accouchement in the accident of a collision. While the poorly-performing models may accept bigger belt abundance for children, they reposition the lap belt down to the hip area, which can advance to austere belly injuries in a crash.
The bureau was accurate to agenda that it did not appraise blast protection, but rather alone able belt position, acute for able adolescent protection. Standard three-point seatbelts are advised for adult-sized frames, authoritative it simple for accouchement to accelerate below belts, get affianced in bendable and accessible areas during a crash, or become circuitous in the belts (rather than restrained) during accelerated deceleration.
Some vehicles, like safety-oriented Volvo, action chip booster seats as a branch advantage on cars like the V70 Wagon. Chip booster seats were not covered in the IIHS’ test.
IIHS did accord its allowance of approval to 15 booster seats, with 10 accepting the organization’s “best bet” rating, and 5 earning a “good bet” brand of approval.
For the complete account of seats and the abounding after-effects of the test, appointment the IIHS Web site.–Colin Mathews
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