Car seats in Australia - What you need to know

[snifter]

Good post Snifter,

I enjoyed reading you post but this comment made me giggle...

"But while Isofix’s incorporation into the Australian Standard will provide greater choice for parents, it isn’t necessarily safer than the current system.“When Europe introduced Isofix they were coming from a lower safety base than Australia currently has."

Is that because Europe never had the strap/tether thingy?

Cheers for keeping us updated.

Rob and Mel

Good question. I have no definite answer to that. However, based on my knowledge of car seat safety and the use within the EU, I'd think the top tether aspect did play a large part. Forward facing car seats fitted with a seatbelt only do move more than those fitted with a top tether also. So when Isofix came along and gave parents the option of fitting the car seat it made it much more secure in ways it hadn't been before. Had we in the EU also used top tethers alongside seatbelts when installing our car seats perhaps the figures would have been very different.

I'll go do some reading on the subject now :)