I was looking over the Consumer Reports ratings chart for the car seat experiments they've completed, and I was pretty worried. My Mom even called, stating the news had several pieces about the car seats and how bad they were failing tests. So I started reading up myself on-line, as I don't normally watch much TV dealing with news because it is depressing as can be, and just couldn't believe how bad some of the seats are.

I've been using a Cosco brand chair for my son, Daegan. It was also my daughter's seat when she was a baby. She's going to be put in a booster chair soon, but for now she's still in a car seat with the pull down bar because she can't gain the needed weight for the booster for our State requirments. However, I'm still concerned. I know we don't have the rated chairs that were looked at.

Now, part of me is worried, but the other part of me is not, as we are very, very safe drivers. Neither my husband or I have ever been in a car wreck, caused a car wreck, or had any accidents. We're very careful and always have been. We feel that our driving skills work out well, and since we don't travel often on fast roads we have a relatively good chance of avoiding any problems. But, there is always a chance.

We can't afford to get new car seats. After this report, I feel outraged that car seat companies would be so ignorant to test car seat safety under the reported average car wreck speed. What in the world are they doing to consumers? I never would have thought that someone who should have safety in mind first, and not money, would put something out there that is considered safe, but it isn't really safe at all.

It was said that cars, on average, wreck at the speeds of 35 or over in most cases. The average number listed at wreck sites were 38 miles per hour. The car seat tests were done at 30 miles an hour on most models. Not over 35 miles an hour.

What are these people trying to accomplish other than making money?

Silence in the gallery I see.  

If all they want is money then perhaps they should start selling ocean front property in Utah. Why? Because they can apparently sell anything to anyone without much problem!

Now, I need to go and get a new car seat fund started up, so excuse me