Child's car seat to be replaced following accident

Kurtis_Blue

Maybe that's why he is like this, might have had an accident with a used crash helmet.

Pew_Pew_Pew_Lasers!

mikey72 wrote: »

Can just imagine pew pew going round the scrapyards and tips for things like seat belts and cycle helmets.
It passes the pew pew test, so it must be safe.

More personal attacks, and absolutely no refutation of my central points. Quality.

Kurtis_Blue

Pew_Pew_Pew_Lasers! wrote: »

More personal attacks, and absolutely no refutation of my central points. Quality.

Seems better then your:

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

No?

mikey72

Pew_Pew_Pew_Lasers! wrote: »

More personal attacks, and absolutely no refutation of my central points. Quality.

We've been here before as well,
you haven't made any coherent point, just voiced the unsubstantiated opinion from pew pew virtual testing labs.

verybigchris

It is odd that after over 50 posts in this thread, nobody has been able to reference a single study that provides evidence of a negative effect on child car seats after a low speed impact. I've been able to find loads of sites that contain claims like "studies show...", but not one has a link to the study in question.

Usually when something is presented like that it's a sign that the science is really dubious; it's the sort of thing you'd expect from a cosmetics company or "alternative" medicine firm, not something as serious as automotive safety.

If anyone can provide a link to such a study it would be much appreciated.

tandraig

Pew_Pew_Pew_Lasers! wrote: »

More personal attacks, and absolutely no refutation of my central points. Quality.

what do you mean - no refuting of your central points!!! havent you read posts from myself, Atrix-blue, kurtis-blue ,mikey and vaio? or did you think we were all just passing wind or something?

pew pew pew lasers - when your car has an accident you take it to a garage and they (the experts) assess the damage both outside and inside. then they submit the report and estimate of the cost. the insurance people then assess both and sometimes - not always - will agree and pay up nicely. sometimes they disagree and send their own expert to look the car over. funnily enough they always go with what their own expert says. and thier own rules and even.........health and safety laws.
i dont know if you know this - but if they say the car is a writeoff - they pay you the money BUT they dont let you keep the car or if the car can be repaired, any part of the car which has to be removed to be replaced.

I have tried to keep this very simplistic explanation of how insurance works to words of less than three syllables for you pew pew pew lasers!

dacouch

tandraig wrote: »

i dont know if you know this - but if they say the car is a writeoff - they pay you the money BUT they dont let you keep the car or if the car can be repaired, any part of the car which has to be removed to be replaced.

I have tried to keep this very simplistic explanation of how insurance works to words of less than three syllables for you pew pew pew lasers!

Most companies will allow you to buy the salvage from them if it not a cat A or B write off and in certain cases they will also allow you to buy replaced parts off them depending on the part

Kurtis_Blue

verybigchris wrote: »

It is odd that after over 50 posts in this thread, nobody has been able to reference a single study that provides evidence of a negative effect on child car seats after a low speed impact. I've been able to find loads of sites that contain claims like "studies show...", but not one has a link to the study in question.

Usually when something is presented like that it's a sign that the science is really dubious; it's the sort of thing you'd expect from a cosmetics company or "alternative" medicine firm, not something as serious as automotive safety.

If anyone can provide a link to such a study it would be much appreciated.

I think you are right Chris but the issue is that there obviously a small degree of risk but a bloody big severity, it also impossible to state how much in each case, therefore no company/agency is going to say after an X speed accident change your child seats, where as for seat belts if they locked in an accident you knew about it.

So if you have babys/children a £100 seat is now a disposable item, its £100 not worth a moments thought if there is any doubt.

mikey72

verybigchris wrote: »

It is odd that after over 50 posts in this thread, nobody has been able to reference a single study that provides evidence of a negative effect on child car seats after a low speed impact. I've been able to find loads of sites that contain claims like "studies show...", but not one has a link to the study in question.

Usually when something is presented like that it's a sign that the science is really dubious; it's the sort of thing you'd expect from a cosmetics company or "alternative" medicine firm, not something as serious as automotive safety.

If anyone can provide a link to such a study it would be much appreciated.

That's the problem with a safety device, you don't know if it will work until after you need it.
All the manufacturers can do is test it and have it pass, the testing calls for one set of impact testing, so that's all they can guarantee.
The Canadian study makes reference that damage and cracking did occur, but if it’s the final crack before it ultimately fails no-one can say.
All you can do is decide whether you take the new seat, that has been designed to survive one impact, or re-use a seat with an unknown probability of surviving two.

atrixblue.-MFR-.

verybigchris wrote: »

It is odd that after over 50 posts in this thread, nobody has been able to reference a single study that provides evidence of a negative effect on child car seats after a low speed impact. I've been able to find loads of sites that contain claims like "studies show...", but not one has a link to the study in question.

Usually when something is presented like that it's a sign that the science is really dubious; it's the sort of thing you'd expect from a cosmetics company or "alternative" medicine firm, not something as serious as automotive safety.

If anyone can provide a link to such a study it would be much appreciated.

if you read the OP's original post this isnt about safety studies of car seats but the fact the op had an accident that wasnt her fault the third partys insurer wants to relpace the seats but the OP has £150 baby seats and the insurance co will only dish out upto £100.00 wich again ill point out that we all agree except pew pew labratories, that they should pay up the full amount of £150 that the seats cost.