Fatality of a Rear-facing Infant Supports Finding of a Recent Study; Rear-facing Infants in Back Seat a Hazard According to Study by the Fraser Group and NFO Worldwide.COLORADO SPRINGS Colorado Springs, city (1990 pop. 281,140), seat of El Paso co., central Colo., on Monument and Fountain creeks, at the foot of Pikes Peak; inc. 1886. It is a year-round resort and a booming military, technological, and commercial city. , Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 31, 1999-- In Colorado last week, a rear-facing child in the back seat of a car was killed due to the driver crossing a median and hitting a tractor trailer. When rescuers arrived the mother was moaning moan n. 1. a. A low, sustained, mournful cry, usually indicative of sorrow or pain. b. A similar sound: the eerie moan of the night wind. 2. Lamentation. v. , "I only turned around for a second, I only turned around for a second." Accident-causing distraction from a rear-facing infants in the back seat are much too commonplace. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a study released by the Fraser Group and NFO NFO Info File (file type extension) NFO New Fund Offer NFO National Farmers Organization NFO Naval Flight Officer (US Navy) NFO National Family Opinion Worldwide at the Oct. 23-26 Juvenile Products Manufacturers Association (JPMA JPMA Juvenile Products Manufacturers Association JPMA Japan Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association JPMA Japan Paint Manufacturers Association ) annual show, in Dallas, nearly 60 percent of US parents say that driving alone with infants in rear-facing car seats placed in the back seat is "very distracting dis·tract tr.v. dis·tract·ed, dis·tract·ing, dis·tracts 1. To cause to turn away from the original focus of attention or interest; divert. 2. To pull in conflicting emotional directions; unsettle. ," and about eight out of 10 (83 percent) fear that when alone in a car with a rear-facing infant in the back seat, the rear-facing infant often causes distractions which may result in accidents. Contradicting current transportation safety guidelines, the survey shows that a majority of parents believe rear-facing infants in the back seat create serious distraction for drivers. The suggestion that "all children in the back seat," should not include rear-facing infants who cause harmful distractions when in the back seat. The study, a third phase of a three phase study, has 95 percent statistical confidence level, with plus or minus five percent precision. The study, with data gathering by NFO Research Inc., was based on 476 completed interviews representing 40 percent of the total sample of 1,200. Results of this survey are consistent with the previous two phases which were based on interviews and focus groups of a smaller sample, but limited to those previously engaged in a crash with rear-facing infant in the car. Seventy-three percent of respondents would use an airbag-compatible, rear-facing infant seat infant seat Child safety seat, see there , on the passenger seat where they belong. At JPMA, Xportation Safety Concepts Inc. (XSCi), displayed a production prototype of its airbag-compatible infants seat. The seat was tested interacting with airbags, in the US and Europe. Results proved it safe with an airbag, safer than conventional seats even without an airbag. NHTSA NHTSA National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (US government) described the seat as one it expects would: reduce, or possibly eliminate fatalities risk to infants in rear-facing child seat positioned in front of an airbag. For information, contact Sharon Harnisch at XSCi: 719/593-8881 Phone, 719/593-8882 FAX, Web: www.safeinfant.com |
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