Child's car seat to be replaced following accident

vaio

if anything having kids detracts from their wisdom rather than adding to it.

That's why I’d be incline to follow what ROSPA or the seat manufacturers say should happen.

Pew_Pew_Pew_Lasers!

Presumably then ROSPA will have performed an exhaustive series of tests on this matter.

Or maybe they're just wetting their finger and guessing which way the wind will blow.

driver22uk

With airbags that can take you head off if your in the wrong place, seatbelt tensioners that pull you back into your seat, which could also damage the child seats, even if no children in them.
With 23 years service in the trade & thatcham courses under my belt, I know what is best!
But this thread was meant to help and advice not to argue with morons!

doodlesmum

I would push for the seats to be replaced with ones of equal standard.Just because there is no damage to the naked eye does"nt mean there is none. There is nothing stupid what so ever in wanting to replace the seats it called being a sensible parent who does not want to take a chance with their childrens safety.

Doodlesmum.

vaio

Pew_Pew_Pew_Lasers! wrote: »

Airbags cannot decapitate a person, that is an impossibility as they have no sharp leading edge...........

Google throws up a couple of cases of decapitation of small children and lots of cases of serious/fatal cervical spine injury, see http://www.ajnr.org/cgi/reprint/19/9/1599.pdf for example.

Decapitation does seem very rare though but certainly not impossible

apples1

I have already said I am replacing the seats with the same ones I originally had. I was after advice on whether I should be able to get the full cost covered by insurance. I will replace them whether I get the full cost or not but I was just trying to find out whether I had to end up out of pocket because of something that was not in any way my fault.

There is no need to debate whether I should replace the seats. There is no question of taking ANY chances. I had the safest seats I could get and I still want the same. I don't want a cheaper replacement or to continue to use seats that MAY be weakened. I did not start a thread to discuss whether airbags could decapitate a child and would request that we stick to my original query or end the thread now.

Thanks to those would have given and continue to give helpful answers to my question.

mikey72

What does it say in the instruction manual for the seat? If it recommends replacement after an accident, I'd quote that and hold out for the full amount.
If you haven't got the original receipt, supply copies of the receipt for the new one to justify the claim for the cost back.

Quentin

apples1 wrote: »

I did not start a thread to discuss whether airbags could decapitate a child and would request that we stick to my original query or end the thread now .

It's inevitable in discussion that a topic gets extended - and you have extended this thread discussion yourself anyway by duplicating it!

LilacPixie

FWIW we have britax evolva 123's in our car and the booklet that comes with it says after any accident/impact the seat should be replaced even if the seat was not in use.

I presume this is because the seat will of been secured in the car by a seatbelt and the belt tightening on impact may of damaged or weakened it.

alleycat`

OP - press for the full amount of an exact replacement if that is the seat you are happy with for your vehicle.

I'm curious (as an aside) on what price has to do with anything in the safety argument.

The seats have to comply with certain standards -
ECE R44.03 and ECE R44.04

The price doesn't have anything to do with this as even the cheapest seats on the market still have to comply with these regulations (in the uk).