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Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
What if I get rear-ended? In that case, forward-facing is better. Now, probably most rear-enders are 5-10mph collisions, whereas head-ons are 30-50mph collisions. But given the lunacy and inattentiveness of other drivers, I figure my chances of the former are much greater than my chances of the latter.
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I have no doubt that your driving is beyond reproach, much like mine. I have been rear-ended 3x in the last 2 years because I am just lucky like that: my 2002 vehicle is on replacement bumper #3.
I can assure you that even if rear ended, after the initial bump, one's head tends to lurch toward the front of the hit car quite quickly because it is pushed in the direction the other car was going. If you are going forward and hit something slower, one's head continues going in the direction your car was going (is this not Newton's 2nd law or something?). Anyway, this is the logic behind the rear-facing carseat as far as I can figure it. Now, if you are stopped and hit head-on from the front, the rear-facing baby is toast, but until they invent some sort of plastic-travel- bubble for babies, that's just a risk you take.
