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I strongly suspect that the car seat requirements are the work of industry lobby groups. There is profit to be made when people who have perfectly good child s

I strongly suspect that the car seat requirements are the work of industry lobby groups. There is profit to be made when people who have perfectly good child seats have to throw them away, so that others have to buy new ones.

al_borland 2y ago
Have you see the TED Talk on car seats from Steven Levitt? Basically, a normal seatbelt would pass the government standards for car seat safety. The industry knows they can take advantage of parents in the name of safety, so they do. At least that’s how it’s looking. https://www.ted.com/talks/steven_levitt_surprising_stats_about_child_carseats?subtitle=en https://www.ted.com/talks/steven_levitt_surprising_stats_abo...