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Old 06-16-2002, 04:24 PM
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This is a case of having to make your own judgement. It is VITALLY important that all of you have your seatbelts on. In that rear-facing seat, your children will have TERRIFIC protection in the event of a frontal impact. Infant seats are designed to face the rear of the car so that a frontal impact (generally more force) will be spread over the entire body, instead of the seatbelt points. The same principle applies...

In the case of being rear-ended, I would rather that my kids were in the "second" or rear seat, of course. But, if they are in the rear-most wagon seat, it is so important that they are buckled in, or they would surely be ejected into the other car.

Given the length of the MB wagon floor and the structural strength surrounding the occupant area, I would allow kids to ride back there, but only in the instance of where the rear seat was full.
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