Car Rear
Saturday, January 9th, 2010 |
In-Car 7 - 10.2 inch Portable DVD Player Case - Attaches to Rear or Front Seat, Easily Converts to Tough Travel Bag (Player Not Included) List Price: Sale Price: $24.99  |
DescriptionTake your portable DVD player and favorite movies on the road in this compact, thickly padded, multi-functional case.Adjustable buckle attachment suspension system allows case to easily attach to the seats... |
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Car Rear Full Seat Cover Hammock with Pockets List Price: Sale Price: $15.99 |
DescriptionCar Seat Cover Protects Cars and Pets! Car Seat Cover Protects Cars and Pets! 59"L x 55"W Our Seat Cover protects the upholstery of rear car seats to reduce the need for costly upholstery cleanings. Fully covers the back seat, floor area and the back of the front seats... |
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Sunshine Kids See Me Rear View Mirror, Black
Sale Price: $5.99 |
DescriptionAdjustable rear view mirror makes it easy to monitor children behind you while driving. The flat panel safety mirror measures 2.25" H x 4.75" W which allows you to see the entire back seat of car or SUV... |
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Smart-Clip Wide Rear View Mirror (Black) (2.75" H x 15" W x 1" D)
Sale Price: $55.99 |
DescriptionRelied upon by many, including professional auto racers, the patented Smart-Clip blind spot car mirror is the driver's complete vision solution! This auto rear view mirror measures 15" wide, doubling the viewing area, and helping to eliminate blind spots with a seamless, distortion-free view... |
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Mirror with Suction Cup
Sale Price: $9.95 |
DescriptionThis multi-functional, auxiliary mirror is ideal for increasing rear visibility in your vehicle. Attached to the outside rear-view mirror, this wide-angle mirror will increase your field of vision. Mount the mirror inside the vehicle and the wide angle allows you to keep an eye on children or cargo in the back seat... |
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Sanrio Hello Kitty New Style Car Rear View Mirror Cover hot pink
Sale Price: $19.55 |
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Blue Ice
Sale Price: $9.98 |
DescriptionA FORMER BRITISH SECRET SERVICE AGENT FALLS FOR AN AMERICAN WOMAN AND BECOMES ENTANGLED IN A WEB OF ESPIONAGE. |
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Simple Steps to Child Passenger Safety, Produced By Living Legacy Productions
Sale Price: $27.00 |
DescriptionFathers and mothers: more than 80% of car seats in the United States are NOT installed correctlycausing many preventable injuries to children. Join our Certified Passenger Safety Instructors as they teach some simple steps that could save your child's life... |
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Karoma Therapy Love Heart CAR Air Freshener Diffuser
Sale Price: $14.99 |
DescriptionKaromatherapy Revitalizing "Love" Scent (Mandarin & Lime) |
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Accessories for the Angel Ride Infant Car Bed - Rear Strap
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DescriptionAccessories for the Angel Ride Infant Car Bed Angel Ride Accessories Include: Rear Strap Replacement Pads Angel Guard Pad and Harness Kit All accessories sold separately |
Inside A Car Rear View Camera System
The cameras record raw digital footage, and software electronically straightens the images through electronic interpolation or pixel enhancement. As mentioned earlier, the Infiniti uses four tiny Rear View Cameras with fish-eye lenses. These devices are placed on all four sides of the car: One sits above the left side of the license plate, another inside the Infiniti logo on the front grill and the remaining two fit beneath each side mirror. In the EX35, the result is a real-time overhead view of the vehicle.
The majority of rearview cameras found on vehicles today are hardwired systems powered by the car's battery, and digital images travel through the cables to the LCD display. Virtually all rearview cameras and screens activate when the driver puts the car Rear View Cameras in reverse. One of the coolest rearview cameras can be found in several Toyota models, including the 4Runner. Instead of using a large LCD screen in or around the dashboard, a small display is mounted in the rearview mirror itself and activates either when the vehicle is placed in reverse or when the driver turns it on manually.
Cameras like the Infiniti's use fish-eye lenses because they can capture a wider field of view at a much closer proximity. The problems associated with fish-eye lenses are the characteristic bending or image distortion due to the curvature of the Rear View Cameras. Fortunately, CCD sensors create high-quality images, and digital-imaging software can manipulate and flip the images, so that what drivers see is a perfectly clear picture. To learn more about how CCD sensors transform what the camera sees into digitally displayed images.
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How does extending rear facing car seats past 1 year old reduce injury in a car accident?
it seems like no matter what way you put the car seat injury will happen. im just wondering because my baby is 6 months old and his feet are already close to touching the back of the seat in his rear facing convertible car seat. i would like to turn the seat around when he turns 1 year but i heard it should be extended.
jen--for some reason that link doesnt work
A child's bones do not ossify until between 3 and 6 years of age. What this means, is that their spinal column is in pieces, which allows it to stretch farther than the spinal cord can withstand. The forces applied to the body in an accident are far greater than most people realize. To estimate this, times weight by speed. A 20 lb baby in a vehicle moving only 30 mph will move toward the point of impact with 600 lbs of force! Now, a properly restrained child will be held in place by the harness, but there is nothing holding back the head. And keep in mind also that a child is proportioned differently than an adult and are already top-heavy. All this pressure on the neck can allow the spinal column to stretch up to two inches. But the spinal cord can only take a quarter of an inch before breaking. This literally separates the skull from the spine. It is known as internal decapitation and is nearly always fatal.
However, put that same child rear facing, and the child will be pushed back into the car seat as the car seat cradles the child and absorbs the crash force for them. Watch the following two videos on YouTube to see this very thing in action.
One thing many people now ask is "but what if I'm rear ended, wouldn't it be safer forward facing?" Actually, the answer is no. First of all, rear end accidents account for only 4% of all accidents. Second, they are very rarely as serious as frontal and side impact because they typically involve lower speeds, and the cars are generally going in the same direction. So while it seems that a rear end accident would be the opposite of a front end crash, it really isn't. The dynamics are entirely different and a rear facing child will still be very protected. And for side impact crashes, it has been shown that rear facing is significantly safer in these crashes as well.
As for feet touching the vehicle seat: There is nothing wrong with this. Many people think that their child is 'out of room' once their feet touch the seat back, but there is still plenty of room for them and it is perfectly safe. Children are comfortable in positions adults would not like. Watch your child climb up on the sofa or sit in a chair. Their legs almost always come up. They can sit in the car seat with their legs propped up on the vehicle seat, drape them over the sides, or sit criss-cross-applesauce.
A rear facing child who's legs touch the seat are not at risk of their legs being broken. There are actually no documented cases of a child's legs being broken due to rear facing. However, one of the leading injuries to forward facing children? Broken legs. Watch the videos linked above and watch the limbs of the forward facing dummy. And if a crash were severe enough to break a rear facing child's legs, it will be more than enough to break a forward facing child's neck. Broken legs = cast it. Broken neck = casket.
In short, yes, injuries can happen no matter what way a child faces, and some crashes are simply not survivable. But rear facing gives them a much greater chance of walking away from an accident. The statistics say that it is five times (or 500%) safer. That is a very big difference. No one plans on getting in an accident, and we all hope that the measures we take will never be put to the test. But there are no warnings, and no do-overs, so it is up to us to do whatever we can to protect our children in case of an accident.
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Front facing or Rear facing? Car seat safety TRUE STORY crash test videos
