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Re: OT - Consumer Reports has its own recall
"Jeff Strickland" <crwlr@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:6vTrh.3962$E35.1680@trnddc02...[color=blue]
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> "Hachiroku ????" <Trueno@AE86.gts> wrote in message
> news:GQSrh.7447$dV1.513@trndny02...[color=green]
>> On Thu, 18 Jan 2007 20:40:46 +0000, Jeff Strickland wrote:
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>>> "Art" <begunaNOSPAMPLEASE@mindspring.com> wrote in message
>>> news:JiQrh.15991$X72.1962@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net...
>>>> Safety seat tests were flawed:
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>>>> [url]http://www.cnn.com/2007/AUTOS/01/18/car_seat/index.html[/url]
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>>>> Apparently their tests simulated a 70 mph side crash instead of 38 mph
>>>> as intended. Amazing that any of the seats passed.
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>>> True, but I want one of the ones that passed that test ...[/color]
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>> Just what I was thinking...[/color]
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> Duh!
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> Any car seat that can pass a 38mph test at 70mph should get an extra Gold
> Star. Those that fail at 70 should be tested again to see if they pass at
> 38, where they were supposed to have been tested in the first place.
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> Instead of a Recall, they need another test for those that failed, and a
> Strong Recommendation for the units that passed.
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Betcha the makers of the seats that passed CR's test aren't crying to the
NHTSA!
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