Push to Make Installing Car Seats a Breeze - ABC News
If you’ve ever tried to fit a car seat into a vehicle, you know how hard it can be. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety , however, has launched a new ratings scale today regarding LATCH hardware, in hopes of getting automakers to make it... The insurance institute tested 102 cars for the ease of use of LATCH hardware that automakers put in their cars to connect car seats — but a scant few were rated "good. “What we found is that only three [vehicles] are in the top rating of good,” said Jessica Jermakian, a senior research scientist with the insurance institute. According to the Insurance Institute, LATCH was required in vehicles and on child car seats starting in 2002. According to a 2009 study by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 70 percent of child car seats were improperly installed,... The Insurance Institute said in a news release that parents were more successful in properly installing a car seat when “LATCH hardware meets certain key ease-of-use criteria. Jermakian said that LATCH hardware was created to simplify car seat installations. “Parents shouldn’t have to struggle to install their child restraint and so we’re trying to make that easier for parents,” Jermakian said. Source: abcnews.go.com
