When a car hits another object or stops suddenly, all the occupants continue to move forward at the same speed at which the car was traveling – until something stops them. Children unrestrained by car seats become flying projectiles. Don’t imagine you can protect your baby by holding him snugly in your arms. Even if you are strapped in, tests have shown that your baby would be torn from your arms by the force of an impact. And if you strap in your infant with your strap, your own weight, increased by the crash forces would press the belt deeply into the child’s and thereby cause serious injuries. 

Children need to have the crash forces spread evenly over their fragile bodies, which is exactly what baby or toddler car seat models are designed to do. Most hospitals will not allow you to drive your baby home if you do not have an adequate car seat. And Britax Car Seat models are among some of the best available today.

Hello, can any one share what do they think about car seats, which rotate around base, making toddler easier to install & free from car seat? They are substantially more expensive, but not sure if the extra £££ is worthwhile. There aren't that many reviews about them so, not sure if this is because the cost makes it so. Thank you! Melito

Here's some recent information on carseats.

http://www.carseat.org/Recalls/recall.shtml

The inventor show I auditioned for Dec. '05 gave the grand prize to a carseat. The inventor made a completely new design; it actually allowed the baby to move with the impact instead of statically absorbing it. The seat was a type of gimbal arrangement of a sphere within a sphere. I'm not sure if it really is a better type of seat or not because when they tested it the baby actually looked like it was on an amusement park ride. What if the car winds up upside down? The baby might get trapped inside the seat (which at this point is very large and bulky.

The million dollar winner seemed like a nice enough and intelligent kind of guy. I'm sure he's trying to do something good but there still needs to be a TON of testing on it before it gets into stores.

Evenflo is (was?) working with the inventor on making it work. I hope they succeed because they just had a carseat on the list of unacceptable seats and recalled.

My son is of driving age and fortunately for me doesn't seem very motivated to get his driver's license. However ironic it is- he was recently a passenger in a car with friends (wearing his seatbelt) and the driver lost control rolling the car on it's roof. Noboby was hurt, but it just goes to show, it can happen anytime anywhere. Please set an example for your kids and show them you wear your seatbelts!