What year was first year for child seat anchors
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p nut
butter
Are you talking about the LATCH system? I believe 02's and later year model 01's. But seat belts with the H clips are just as safe (if not safer). Just more cumbersome.
And you can show her this video. Even with the safety measures implemented, it still doesn't fare well for the Honda:
And you can show her this video. Even with the safety measures implemented, it still doesn't fare well for the Honda:
richmondbob
Adventurer
What age are your grandchildren and what types of carseats are they in? As posted above, seatbelts work just as well as Latch - the only advantage of Latch is how quickly you can install/remove the seat. If your grandkids are in rear facing seats, the seatbelts should be fine. If they're in boosters there's no problem. However, if they're in forward facing harness seats they will require anchors for the tethers. You can pick those up from your local auto parts store and have your mechanic or bodyshop drill and reinforce them into the floorboard. In case you're wondering how safe that is, I did the same thing with my '95 Jeep YJ. Those anchors have held firm for five years now.
Interesting NHSTA study on vehicle safety relative to vehicle weight. If you look at the graphs…
Driver fatality of a 5,000lb 1997-2000 SUV (i.e. LC100) occurred at ~60 Deaths per million registration years.
Driver fatality of a 3,0000lb 2007-2010 CAR (i.e. Civic Hybrid) occurred at ~60 Deaths per million registration years.
p nut
butter
I'm sure a good chunk of that was Explorer/Firestone, though! :costumed-smiley-007
Touche'
I guess the main reason is because I haven't felt like arguing with Mrs. Bueller about not using the LATCH system! I am 6'4" and my son is in the top percentile for height in his age range. He would probably be safer without his legs crammed up against my seat anyways.