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"The risk reduction provided by booster seats in side-impact crashes varied by booster seat type: 4-to 8-year-olds riding in high back booster seats were at a 70 percent reduction in injury risk, while those in backless boosters did not experience a statistically significant risk reduction as compared with seat belts alone."
The Nautilus is such a bulky booster, something else may fit better and be easier to buckle. As for age/weight, there isn't really one. We often suggest using a high back until outgrown, but that is not always practical. Both my seven and nine year olds ride in backless boosters as that is what fits in our third row with little sister in the ...
But the same can be said of every other passenger in your car, including yourself, who does not ride in a full car seat. Honestly, part of our job as parents is to instill good feelings about making safe choices. At age 8.5, if he is getting social pressure around riding in a high back booster, I think that has to be taken into consideration.
Beyond that, backless boosters are fine presuming there's a headrest in the vehicle and the seatbelt fits properly. At 7 years and 60 lbs, I'd be fine with a backless booster, especially for short, infrequent trips.
Sep 19, 2009. #2. A backless booster can be used when the child is mature enough to sit in one properly, which varies from child to child. Other things to consider are belt fit and head restraints, of course, and also side impact protection. I don't like for my kids to use backless boosters in older vehicles or vehicles without side curtain ...
The child is a small to average 4 year old girl. She is recently diagnosed as high functioning autistic. Mom has her in a backless booster. Sigh. About the only way I will be able to get through to her is if I can say the seat is illegal, because there is no way this kid is 40 pounds. I actually doubt she is much over 30 pounds.
1. Head restraint. Depending on your vehicle, it may not provide adequate head support for a child in a backless booster. The child needs to have the vehicle seat or a vehicle head rest supporting the head to the tops of the ears in order to use a backless booster. 2. Sleep support!
The head of a child in a backless booster could start an inch behind one in a high back. Based on that alone, the head excursion numbers may be better. Of course, this tells you nothing about actual frontal crash protection, side impact protection (which could be measurably better in a high back) or rear impact protect (where a high back may ...
My daughter is 6 years old and 50 pounds and in a Turbobooster in my husbands car and a Nautilus in mine. she is on the shorter side so she will fit the Nautilus for a while. She fits the Turbobooster fine as well, but we may need to purchase another backup booster for daycare as they may be...
A started using a backless in dh's car at age 8. C uses a backless in the carpool car and if my car is full of kids that need harnessed seats unless I think he will be sleeping. He is 6 1/2 and harnessed in my car and uses a HBB in dh's car. A uses a HBB in my car most of the time, but I'm not opposed to him going backless.