Car Seat News and Information
Car Seat
- Autoblog Staff
- Feb 23, 2017
4moms created a self installing car seat that make it effortless to link a carrier.
Toddler turns down to go calmly into that good car seat
- Erin Marquis
- Aug 8, 2016
Rage, rage against the buckling of the belt.
A reporter on Fox twenty nine Philadelphia couldn’t keep a straight face after a toddler put up an epic fuss during a live segment on child car seats last week.
Installing a car seat for a newborn
- StudioD
- Aug Two, 2016
Becoming a parent is one of life’s major milestones, and it comes with a lot of fresh responsibilities.
Choosing the right baby car seat for your child
- StudioD
- Jun 14, 2016
A car seat is part of your child’s life for several years, so selecting the right one is significant.
Graco recalls child seats to fix labels
- Chris Bruce
- Feb Ten, 2016
Graco will recall several models of car seats to providing owners with missing or misplaced labels.
Car seats and winter glazes can be a dangerous combination
- Pete Bigelow
- Dec 14, 2015
Every Parent Should Know About This Potentially Fatal Problem
If kids are leaving the house and getting into a car, wearing a glaze may be a mistake that holds potentially fatal consequences.
Police Officer Gives Youthful Mom Car Seat Instead Of Ticket
- AOL Autos Staff
- Oct 7, 2014
Cop calls generous act “the easiest fifty bucks I ever spent”
A Michigan cop who pulled over a car last week for an unrestrained child determined to go above and beyond the call of duty by buying the fighting mother a car seat, rather than give her a ticket.
NHTSA resumes to investigate Evenflo and Graco car seat buckles
- Pete Bigelow
- Jul 11, 2014
Investigators at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration proceed to take a heightened interest in car-seat buckles that are potentially defective.
Graco recalls another 1.9M car seats, now largest in history [w/movie]
- Pete Bigelow
- Jul 1, 2014
After months of disputing a safety problem even existed, Graco has agreed to recall 1.9 million children’s car seats affected by defective buckles.
Volvo Develops Inflatable Car Seat
- AOL Autos Staff
- Apr 15, 2014
Ultra-light prototype could be reaction to parents prayers
Decently installing a bulky, awkward car seat is one of the most essential — and frustrating — abilities parents must master. Volvo has developed a better way: an inflatable, portable, ultra-light car seat.
Volvo shows inflatable child seat concept [w/movie]
- Chris Bruce
- Apr 14, 2014
Volvo is bringing its emphasis on safety and design to the littlest members of the family with its concept for an inflatable, rearward facing child safety seat. The design is meant to help traveling families by suggesting a lighter and less bulky alternative to traditional car seats.
Graco adding 403K carseats to recall, NHTSA pushing for 1.8 million
- Brandon Turkus
- Mar 13, 2014
Graco, the carseat manufacturer that recalled Three.8 million toddler and booster seats back in February has just added an extra 403,000 seats to its recall. That’s arguably not the big news, however – the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration wants a further 1.8 million infant seats added to the recall.
Are car seats of the future self-adjusting?
- Jonathon Ramsey
- Feb 24, 2014
In 2010, automotive supplier Faurecia showcased off a car seat that, via Bluetooth communication with a smartphone app, would adjust itself based on information the occupant had entered. It looks like that was too much work for a busy executive to do, because Automotive News has a story on how that seat has progressed, and it’s now almost fully automatic.
Federal Investigators Say Graco’s Car Seat Problems More Serious Than Gooey Latches
- Peter Bigelow
- Feb 12, 2014
Lawsuit alleges a child died in car fire after buckle got stuck
Graco announced one of the largest recalls in history on Tuesday, telling it would bring back Three.7 million child car seats. It could grow even larger.
Car seat manufacturer Graco recalling Trio.8-million toddler and booster seats
- Brandon Turkus
- Feb 11, 2014
Parents that budge their tykes around with the help of a Graco car seat should take note – the company has announced that it’s recalling Trio.8-million units from model years two thousand nine to 2013, over concerns that children could become trapped.
Fresh Regulations Sought For Child Car Seats
- AOL Autos Staff
- Jan 22, 2014
Child car seats would need to protect children from side-impact crashes
Child car seats would for the very first time have to protect children from death and injury in side-impact crashes under regulations the government is proposing, The Associated Press has learned.
Winter Glazes Pose Danger To Children In Car Seats
- AOL Autos Staff
- Dec 12, 2013
Fluffy jackets and snowsuits can prevent harnesses from doing their job
Thick winter decorates are a necessity this time of year in most parts of the country. But while kids need to stay warm, they also need to stay safe. A common mistake parents make in cold weather is strapping their kids into car seats cocooned in winter gear.
Most Booster Seats Do Well In Fresh Safety Rankings
- AOL Autos Staff
- Nov 7, 2013
Half of all fresh booster seats in two thousand thirteen earned a ‘best bet’ rank
More than half of child booster seats that went on sale this year earned a top rating from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.
Tomy car seat uses smartphone to keep tabs on your baby [w/movie]
- Seyth Miersma
- Jul 24, 2013
Parents have a problem and Tomy knows what it is: Babies are super hard to keep track of. Why, we can’t count the number of times that we’ve secured some feisty ankle-biter in his car seat, only to turn around a minute later and find he’s hopped the equipment.
Batman and Dale Earnhardt Jr. car baby seats are kind of creepy, kind of cool
- Zach Bowman
- May 1, 2013
If you’re looking for a different way to ferry your children about in the car securely, KidsEmbrace may have you covered. The company makes specialty car seats fashioned after DC Comics superhero Batman and NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt Junior.
Will your next car feature Bluetooth-enabled, self-adjusting seats? [w/movie]
- Jonathon Ramsey
- Dec Ten, 2012
At one time, recently at that, the 22-way adjustable seat was a miracle – especially since we didn’t know our own bods even had twenty two different ways to be seated cosily. Automotive supplier Faurecia plans on going well beyond that, however, with its prototype Bluetooth-enabled SmartFit seating system.
UK judge finds mom culpable for child’s injuries because of incorrect child seat
- Jeff Sabatini
- Apr 29, 2012
Any time a parent’s poor judgment results in harm or injury to a child, it’s a sad case. This story, however, seems particularly tragic. According to The Telegraph, a British woman whose daughter was gravely injured in a car crash was found negligent and partially responsible for her daughter’s injuries because the female was railing in an inappropriate child safety seat.
IIHS says most LATCH systems are too difficult to use [w/movie]
- Jeff Sabatini
- Apr 12, 2012
If you’ve ever attempted installing an infant car seat in say, a Jaguar XKR, you understand that just because a car has LATCH anchors doesn’t mean your car seat is going to fit. Those anchors are supposed to make child restraint installation a breeze, but according to a fresh investigate by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety and the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute, many automakers aren’t following the spirit of the law requiring them.
Fresh car seat concept uses your butt print as identification
- Jonathon Ramsey
- Dec 30, 2011
If Fido can distinguish people and other pooches by their backsides, why not a seat? When students at the Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology in Tokyo, Japan asked that question, they came up with a car seat fitted with three hundred sixty sensors that makes a map of the pressure applied by your posterior. Among the six rumps tested, the seat was ninety eight percent accurate at sorting one from another.
Car Seat News and Information
Car Seat
- Autoblog Staff
- Feb 23, 2017
4moms created a self installing car seat that make it effortless to link a carrier.
Toddler turns down to go calmly into that good car seat
- Erin Marquis
- Aug 8, 2016
Rage, rage against the buckling of the belt.
A reporter on Fox twenty nine Philadelphia couldn’t keep a straight face after a toddler put up an epic fuss during a live segment on child car seats last week.
Installing a car seat for a newborn
- StudioD
- Aug Two, 2016
Becoming a parent is one of life’s major milestones, and it comes with a lot of fresh responsibilities.
Choosing the right baby car seat for your child
- StudioD
- Jun 14, 2016
A car seat is part of your child’s life for several years, so selecting the right one is significant.
Graco recalls child seats to fix labels
- Chris Bruce
- Feb Ten, 2016
Graco will recall several models of car seats to providing owners with missing or misplaced labels.
Car seats and winter glazes can be a dangerous combination
- Pete Bigelow
- Dec 14, 2015
Every Parent Should Know About This Potentially Fatal Problem
If kids are leaving the house and getting into a car, wearing a decorate may be a mistake that holds potentially fatal consequences.
Police Officer Gives Youthfull Mom Car Seat Instead Of Ticket
- AOL Autos Staff
- Oct 7, 2014
Cop calls generous act “the easiest fifty bucks I ever spent”
A Michigan cop who pulled over a car last week for an unrestrained child determined to go above and beyond the call of duty by buying the fighting mother a car seat, rather than give her a ticket.
NHTSA proceeds to investigate Evenflo and Graco car seat buckles
- Pete Bigelow
- Jul 11, 2014
Investigators at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration proceed to take a heightened interest in car-seat buckles that are potentially defective.
Graco recalls another 1.9M car seats, now largest in history [w/movie]
- Pete Bigelow
- Jul 1, 2014
After months of disputing a safety problem even existed, Graco has agreed to recall 1.9 million children’s car seats affected by defective buckles.
Volvo Develops Inflatable Car Seat
- AOL Autos Staff
- Apr 15, 2014
Ultra-light prototype could be reaction to parents prayers
Decently installing a bulky, awkward car seat is one of the most essential — and frustrating — abilities parents must master. Volvo has developed a better way: an inflatable, portable, ultra-light car seat.
Volvo shows inflatable child seat concept [w/movie]
- Chris Bruce
- Apr 14, 2014
Volvo is bringing its emphasis on safety and design to the littlest members of the family with its concept for an inflatable, rearward facing child safety seat. The design is meant to help traveling families by suggesting a lighter and less bulky alternative to traditional car seats.
Graco adding 403K carseats to recall, NHTSA pushing for 1.8 million
- Brandon Turkus
- Mar 13, 2014
Graco, the carseat manufacturer that recalled Trio.8 million toddler and booster seats back in February has just added an extra 403,000 seats to its recall. That’s arguably not the big news, tho’ – the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration wants a further 1.8 million infant seats added to the recall.
Are car seats of the future self-adjusting?
- Jonathon Ramsey
- Feb 24, 2014
In 2010, automotive supplier Faurecia demonstrated off a car seat that, via Bluetooth communication with a smartphone app, would adjust itself based on information the occupant had entered. It looks like that was too much work for a busy executive to do, because Automotive News has a story on how that seat has progressed, and it’s now almost fully automatic.
Federal Investigators Say Graco’s Car Seat Problems More Serious Than Gooey Latches
- Peter Bigelow
- Feb 12, 2014
Lawsuit alleges a child died in car fire after buckle got stuck
Graco announced one of the largest recalls in history on Tuesday, telling it would bring back Three.7 million child car seats. It could grow even larger.
Car seat manufacturer Graco recalling Trio.8-million toddler and booster seats
- Brandon Turkus
- Feb 11, 2014
Parents that stir their tykes around with the help of a Graco car seat should take note – the company has announced that it’s recalling Trio.8-million units from model years two thousand nine to 2013, over concerns that children could become trapped.
Fresh Regulations Sought For Child Car Seats
- AOL Autos Staff
- Jan 22, 2014
Child car seats would need to protect children from side-impact crashes
Child car seats would for the very first time have to protect children from death and injury in side-impact crashes under regulations the government is proposing, The Associated Press has learned.
Winter Covers Pose Danger To Children In Car Seats
- AOL Autos Staff
- Dec 12, 2013
Fluffy jackets and snowsuits can prevent harnesses from doing their job
Thick winter decorates are a necessity this time of year in most parts of the country. But while kids need to stay warm, they also need to stay safe. A common mistake parents make in cold weather is strapping their kids into car seats cocooned in winter gear.
Most Booster Seats Do Well In Fresh Safety Rankings
- AOL Autos Staff
- Nov 7, 2013
Half of all fresh booster seats in two thousand thirteen earned a ‘best bet’ rank
More than half of child booster seats that went on sale this year earned a top rating from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.
Tomy car seat uses smartphone to keep tabs on your baby [w/movie]
- Seyth Miersma
- Jul 24, 2013
Parents have a problem and Tomy knows what it is: Babies are super hard to keep track of. Why, we can’t count the number of times that we’ve secured some feisty ankle-biter in his car seat, only to turn around a minute later and find he’s hopped the equipment.
Batman and Dale Earnhardt Jr. car baby seats are kind of creepy, kind of cool
- Zach Bowman
- May 1, 2013
If you’re looking for a different way to ferry your children about in the car securely, KidsEmbrace may have you covered. The company makes specialty car seats fashioned after DC Comics superhero Batman and NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt Junior.
Will your next car feature Bluetooth-enabled, self-adjusting seats? [w/movie]
- Jonathon Ramsey
- Dec Ten, 2012
At one time, recently at that, the 22-way adjustable seat was a miracle – especially since we didn’t know our own bods even had twenty two different ways to be seated cosily. Automotive supplier Faurecia plans on going well beyond that, however, with its prototype Bluetooth-enabled SmartFit seating system.
UK judge finds mom culpable for child’s injuries because of incorrect child seat
- Jeff Sabatini
- Apr 29, 2012
Any time a parent’s poor judgment results in harm or injury to a child, it’s a sad case. This story, however, seems particularly tragic. According to The Telegraph, a British woman whose daughter was gravely injured in a car crash was found negligent and partially responsible for her daughter’s injuries because the lady was railing in an inappropriate child safety seat.
IIHS says most LATCH systems are too difficult to use [w/movie]
- Jeff Sabatini
- Apr 12, 2012
If you’ve ever attempted installing an infant car seat in say, a Jaguar XKR, you understand that just because a car has LATCH anchors doesn’t mean your car seat is going to fit. Those anchors are supposed to make child restraint installation a breeze, but according to a fresh explore by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety and the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute, many automakers aren’t following the spirit of the law requiring them.
Fresh car seat concept uses your butt print as identification
- Jonathon Ramsey
- Dec 30, 2011
If Fido can distinguish people and other pooches by their backsides, why not a seat? When students at the Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology in Tokyo, Japan asked that question, they came up with a car seat fitted with three hundred sixty sensors that makes a map of the pressure applied by your posterior. Among the six rumps tested, the seat was ninety eight percent accurate at sorting one from another.
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