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Originally Posted by Howitzer
I worry the most about forward whiplash of a child in a rear seat it doesn't take much to tear the carotid tissue of a child, aside from a bumper to the head the forward motion alone can tear their head off. If they do ride in the rear seat they should wear helmets with neck harness's.
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This is exactly why I wont let children ride in the rear-facing seat of our wagon - it is too great a worry. If the vehicle is rear-ended the energy transfer is towards the font of the car, which has the neck of a rear-facing child snapping backwards without anything to stop it properly. The seatbelt doesn't do as much good in that situation, either, because it is designed with arresting forward motion in mind, but a rear-facing child would actually be moving backwards, relative to the crash.