Safety group ranks vehicles with easiest — and hardest — systems for ... - Washington Post (blog)
A Maryland State Police trooper ensures that a child’s car seat is installed correctly at a safety seat check in Cumberland, Md. The Insurance Institute For Highway Safety has issued new rankings of vehicles that have the easiest and most... (Steven Bittner/Cumberland Times-News via AP) Anyone who has muscled a child’s car seat or booster into a vehicle’s built-in anchor system knows it can require loads of patience and even brute force. Hunting for the anchor bars often buried deep inside the vehicle seats — and then successfully hooking the child’s car seat or booster to them — could tick off Mary Poppins. Now the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has released a new ranking of 2015-model vehicles with the easiest — and hardest — car seat anchor systems to use. The Honda Odyssey and Dodge Grand Caravan ranked in the second tier of “acceptable,” while the Toyota Sienna ended up with the lowest ranking of “poor. The third-tier “marginal” ranking included the Honda Accord, Honda CR-V, Subaru Outback, Subaru Forester, Ford Fusion and Ford Escape. Those in the worst category of “poor” included the Volkswagen Jetta, the Hyundai Accent, the Ford Fiesta and the Nissan Altima. Source: www.washingtonpost.com
