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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]He's 2.5, 36" and still RF.  We were planning to turn him around for an upcoming trip, but sadly,our neighbor was recently in a terrible car accident and lost her older son (whom I assume was in a booster), the younger child survived.  I know this type of accident is rare, but having it happen to a family we know was made me re-evaluate my plan to turn him around.  Our neighbor, like us, drives smaller car, so that also influences our decision.[/quote]

But see the only two kids I know who were severely injured in car accidents were both rear facing. One died and the other has a permanent brain injury and requires 24 hour care. In both cases no one else in the car had any injuries beyond bumps and bruises.  [/quote]

Well then it must be safer to FF!  Oh wait, the plural of anecdotes isn't data.  And the data is pretty overwhelming that RF is safer.[/quote]

Oh aren't you so witty. I wasn't saying FF was safer or basing my decision on anecdotes - not sure where you read that. The first poster was saying because a child who was RF wasn't hurt that convinced her to RF. She was basing her decision on anecdotes and I was just saying that the opposite can happen as well. RF isn't safer if you are hit at high speeds from behind - that happens less often but as I said I know of two cases so it isn't rare. I would hope that no one would base their decision on positive or negative stories. [/quote]

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