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Joolsplus2
01-11-2006, 07:10 PM
http://strollerfreak.itgo.com/carseats/Confiscated1995EvenfloScout.jpg

This seat is only 10 years old... yikes.


Julie CPS Tech and mom to 2 in seats
http://www.cpsafety.com/articles/RFAlbum/SarahMA.aspx
Elizasmom
01-12-2006, 09:28 PM
But it looks like someone hit it with a hammer. Wouldn't even a new seat break being hit like that?
SusanMae
01-12-2006, 10:11 PM
The force of a hammer is less than the force of an accident.

Susan
Elizasmom
01-12-2006, 10:52 PM
I guess I just think that's so different. I seatbelt can withstand a severe accident, yet you could probably destroy the buckle with a hammer. I guess this does show that the plastic became brittle after 10 years.
Joolsplus2
01-13-2006, 08:33 AM
Yeah, shoulda mentioned that....NO, absolutely NOT will a new seat break like that with a hammer. I've tried whacking even 4 yo seats with a sledgehammer and they just deafen you and the hammer bounces back into you with amazing force (lol, trust me, ouch.)... you just can't hammer through a newer seat.
But yeah, if a hammer can do that with one or two little whacks imagine how easily the straps would pull through the back of the seat. :O
Julie CPS Tech and mom to 2 in seats
http://www.cpsafety.com/articles/RFAlbum/SarahMA.aspx