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Volvo has been researching child safety in cars since the 1960s.
All children should sit backwards in a car until they are four years old.
So say Jessika Andreasson and Lotta Jakobsson, who head child safety at Volvo. They are happy with the latest Australian changes to keep children in booster seats for longer, but believe more work is needed on baby restraints. And they say Volvo's experience in Sweden points to the need for more time in rearward facing child seats. "We estimate it's about five times safer in a rearward facing seat," Jakobsson says. "This is a very safe way of transport. A nice and robust system."
Volvo has been researching child safety in cars since the 1960s and the biggest problem now is finding crashes in Sweden to investigate. Basically, babies are so safe that injuries are rare and there are zero fatalities.
Jakobsson monitors Australia as part of her job and is a supporter of the booster seat initiative, but would like to see more done in other areas including baby seats. "I'm very impressed. You have the highest usage rate around the world. But we don't like the final part, changing to forward facing," she says. "Priority one is to restrain the child. And then every step we take towards the most perfect child restraint adds on to that."
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