20 Safest Cars
20 Safest Cars
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NewAir G73 Electric Garage Heater $249.00 FREE SPACE HEATER OFFER: For a limited time, buy the G73 garage heater and get an Optimus H-1321 space heater absolutely free!Transform your chilly garage, shop, or workspace with the rugged and durable NewAir G73 electric garage and utility heater. Safer and more energy efficient than propane utility heaters with comparable heating power, the NewAir G73 offers the best in high-capacity heating.&n… |
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Secure – It® Handgun Storage Safe with Combo Lock $39.95 Secure – It Handgun Storage Safe. Keep your revolver or full-size semiauto handgun close by, but still out of harm’s way. The Secure-It Storage Safe can be tethered with its 1,500-lb. test security cable under the seat in any car or truck, or at home in a compact space. It can also be hidden in a purse or briefcase. And wherever it goes, the only one who’s getting inside is you, with the 3-digit c… |
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Radio Flyer My 1st Scooter Red $39.25 This red-hot scooter is the perfect first scooter for your child, and has all the great qualities that you’ve come to expect from Radio Flyer. Features:Extra-wide base for maximum stability100% assembledTwo wheels in front for stable steeringTapered base creates a clear kick pathErgonomic grip handleRear wheel cover for safetyFolds for easy storage – just press the buttonMeasures 12″L x 24″W x 27″… |
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Apple iPod iPhone Accessories: FM Transmitter with remote and Car Charger Wireless Car Kit All Kit For iPhone iPod $11.35 Instruction: Meet all your needs with this iPhone all kit FM Transmitter + Car Charger + Car Holder+Remote Control! This all kit fulfills the need for all Apple iPods and Apple iPhone users looking for the best and flexible car kit around. With the iPhone you can talk with your car’s speaker system, play music, recharge your iPhone or iPod and it even holds on to the iPod/iPhone securely with no k… |
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Pyramid PS36KX 35-Ampere Power Supply with Built-In Cool Fan $159.75 Fuse ProtectedLED Protection IndicatorsPerfect for Home, Shop and Hobbyist… |
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Mp3 Phone Accessories:FM STEREO Transmitter / Car Charger / Dock + Remote Control Hands Free Car Kit All Kit For iPhone ipod Dell $11.35 Instruction: Meet all your needs with this iPhone all kit FM Transmitter + Car Charger + Car Holder+Remote Control! This all kit fulfills the need for all Apple iPods and Apple iPhone users looking for the best and flexible car kit around. With the iPhone you can talk with your car’s speaker system, play music, recharge your iPhone or iPod and it even holds on to the iPod/iPhone securely with no k… |
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Reliable Steamboy T1 Chemical Free H2O Steam Floor Mop with Handheld Household Steam Cleaner Chemical-free cleaning is the safest way to clean your home, keep your family safe and protect our fragile environment. The Steamboy floor steam mop is such a delight to use. Simply fill the removable tank with water, plug it in, and you are ready to clean with the power of steam. Whether you have sealed hard wood floors, or ceramic floors, Steamboy is tough enough for the job. You won’t believe t… |
Where can I find a safe car seat?
I would like to buy a car seat that is safe for my 20 month old daughter. I want something that would be hard for her to unlatch when she gets a lil older. I don’t want her getting outta her car seat while we are driving. Does anyone know of a safe carseat and where I can find it?
Thanks
-Lorah
As for getting out of her seat, she shouldn’t be able to do that very easily if she is buckled in correctly. Check the tightness of the straps – when she’s in her seat, put your pointer finger at the top of her shoulders, with your thumb right below it . Try to pinch the strap. If you get any strap between your fingers its too loose, tighten it. Also, for rear facing the straps need to be AT or BELOW her shoulders and I highly recommend keeping her rear facing! For forward facing, the straps should be AT or ABOVE her shoulders. The chest clip should be at armpit level. Any lower and she can get her arms out.
Remember these rules:
1)the BEST seat is the one that fits your child, fits your car, and will be used correctly 100% of the time. (This is why convenience features DO make a difference and ARE worth the money! If its easy to use, you’re more likely to use it correctly.
2)Children should stay rear facing AS LNOG AS POSSIBLE!!!! The 20lbs/1 year rule is outdated and provides a bare minimum for turning kids forward facing. The American Academy of Pediatrics and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration both recommend keeping kids rear facing as long as possible, up to the limits of their seat, preferably until at least 2 years of age. For good reason: A forward-facing child under 2 years old is 4 times more likely to be killed or seriously injured in a crash than a rear-facing child of the same age. A child’s vertabrae do not fully fuse until 3-6 years old, before then, she is at great risk for internal decapitation. The spinal column can stretch up to 2 inches in a crash BUT the spinal cord can only stretch up to 1/4 inch before it snaps and baby is gone. In other countries, rear facing 2 – 3 – 4 year olds is standard, they understand that its safer. Here, we turn them as soon as we get to, seeing it as a right of passage thing or something. Ridiculous. Most convertible seats have a 30lbs rear facing limit, Cosco/Dorel/Safety1st/Eddie Bauer seats rear face to 35lbs, Britax rear faces to 33lbs.
3)Once you do turn them forward facing, they need to stay in a 5 point harness as long as possible. 4 years/40lbs is the minimum for riding in a booster, and most 4 year olds have no business using one yet. If they can’t sit upright for an entire trip, they need the harness of a car seat still. And, even if they do sit properly, a 5 point harness is safer, so you want to keep them in one as long as possible. This is important to consider b/c most car seats only forward face to 40lbs. My son just turned 3, and is in the 95th% for height and weight – 40″ tall and weighs 41lbs. He outgrew the 40lbs seats shortly after his 2nd birthday. It was a total waste of money. He now has a Britax Marathon, which goes to 65lbs, and will be able to fit it for some time yet. If I’d have bought it when he was born, I could have had one car seat this whole time instead of the 3 I wasted money on. They are more expensive for many reasons, this is one.
So…knowing all that, here’s some about specific seats. Please don’t get a Graco Comfort Sport. Car seat techs call it the ‘crappysport’. LOL Its a crappy seat that won’t last your child very long b/c it has a really short shell. The straps twist all the time, and if they’re twisted they won’t support your child in a wreck properly. They’re hard to install. There’s nothing good about these seats except perhaps they’re cheap sometimes. Ditto the Safety1st 3-in-1/Cosco Alpha Omega/Eddie Bauer 3-in1 seats. These are all the same company – same seat, just different covers. They stink. Hard to install, b/c of narrow belt paths. Ever tried to wash a skinny cup by hand? Now imagine that skinny cup with pointy edges. That’s what putting your hand through these to install them is like. AND they have too short a shell to really go to 40lbs. And they do not make good boosters. Also, most kids have to use boosters until they’re at least 8 years old. Car seats expire 6 years after the date of manufacture, so no matter what they say it is NOT the last seat you’ll ever need to buy.
The Britax Marathon/Boulevard/Decathalon (These 3 are the same seat, just different variances of luxury additions, with the Marathon being the cheapest base model) can be found for regular price of $269, and on sale at Albee Baby online for $209-$219. The Marathon a wide open easy to route belt path, which makes using it correctly a lot easier, as do the built in lockoffs, which mean you never again have to use a locking clip. I can get it into 4 different vehicles in under 2 minutes. Because of the way the base is made, it fits in most cars. And, it is worth the money, b/c it lasts usually twice as long as most other car seats (all car seats expire 6 years after the date of manufacture) lasting a baby till they are 5-6 years old, where most at Walmart will only last till 2-4 years old. Rear faces to 33lbs, then forward to 65lbs. and top slots 17inches tall, lasts most kids to ages 5-6 years old. Britax is having one of their semiannual sales from February 24 – March 2. You could snag a Britax seat for $200 or less including shipping! Some online stores have already started the sale – hit it fast, its over soon.
The Evenflo Triumph Advance (not the original Triumph, make sure it says Advance) is a great seat. $150 version at Babies R Us has padding similar to Britax seats, top slots of 17″, harnesses to 35lbs rear facing, and 50lbs forward facing. $120 Walmart version just has little less plush padding. Wide open belt path, easy to install, though it doesn’t have built in lockoffs. The harness adjusts at the front of the car seat, you don’t have to take the car seat out of the car just to raise/lower the straps. It’s one of only 2 seats that does this (The Britax Boulevard is the other, I believE), and it has infinite harness adjustment so the harness always fits perfectly until its outgrown. No more tugging straps to tighten them either. You tighten and loosen the harness using knobs on the side of the seat. As a major bonus, it can be used in a recline position even in forward facing mode. Awesome for kids who still sleep in the car. I LOVE THIS SEAT! LOL My son, who is too big for every other car seat at Walmart has the same amount of room in this as the Britax Marathon.
The Fisher Price Safe Voyage Deluxe Convertible seat is great, it is made by Britax, without all the frills. It’s the same shell as a Marathon, but for less than half the price. $130 at Albee Baby online with free shipping, or at their eBay name, babysurplus. Rear faces to 33lbs, forward to 55lbs. Easy to use, fits in most cars. A small word of warning about these seats: they are now officially not making them anymore, so the date of manufacture is getting older and older, with many being delivered that are 6+ months old already. Since car seats expire 6 years after the date of manufacture, this could make a difference to you, especially since its possible your child could fit in the seat for the next 5-6 years.
These are the best you can buy that will give you the most bang for your buck. As a single parent I’m always watching the budget – I have no money to speak of, and these are what I would buy. (My son has a marathon and is soon getting a Britax Regent). They will last the longest. I only wish someone would’ve told me all this before I had him, I coulda saved some money for the extra seats I started out with!
All seats in the US must meet the same safety criteria to sell, so technically they all are safe, however, if its hard to install, then it won’t be used correctly and that makes it unsafe. Also, they only must meet the guidelines, some seats barely pass, some exceed them. Britax exceeds the guidelines and is easy to use.
Police buy new speed monitor
The North Platte Telegraph Thanks to a fully-funded $9,000 grant from AAA of Nebraska, Cornhusker Motor Club Foundation and the Nebraska Office of Highway Safety, the North Platte Police Department has a new tool to monitor and identify speeders within city limits.