Is it safe to sit in the back row? The US is asking car manufacturers for an answer

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Recently, several members of the U.S. Congress wrote to 18 automobile manufacturers, including Honda, Ford, and BMW, demanding that they respond immediately to questions regarding the safety of passengers in the back seats of cars. They also asked these manufacturers to provide records of any accidents in which passengers in the back seats died, as well as the number of such incidents. “We have been warning for many years about the problem of rear seat seats being child killers, but the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has remained indifferent. This recurring tragedy in history really needs to come to an end. ”U.S. Senator Markey said. In 2010, the fate of 16-month-old girl Taylor Warner took a complete turn. She was sitting in a safety seat in the back of the car, traveling with her parents, when the vehicle was hit from behind while in motion; the driver’s seat was struck hard, bounced back quickly, and tilted backward, hitting Taylor in the back seat. Taylor suffered severe blows to the face and head, resulting in intracranial bleeding and death. Since 1989, more than 100 children in the United States have died as a result of being struck while sitting in the back seat of a car, and over 20 automobile manufacturers have been involved in legal proceedings due to this. According to a report by the American CBS network, in the event of a collision between two cars, the front seats usually tilt backward, posing a serious threat to the lives of passengers in the back seat, especially when those passengers are children. Gilbert, an expert in legal proceedings related to rear-seat crash safety, points out that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration bears significant responsibility in such accidents, as the seat safety standards it sets are long outdated and so low that even a chair from a dining table could pass those tests. According to the American CBS network, the Highway Safety Administration and automobile manufacturers were aware of this problem decades ago. An engineer working for an automobile manufacturer testified before the U.S. Congress that solving car seat safety issues is very simple, and it only requires an additional cost of $1. However, the reason this issue has not been resolved is that current automotive seat safety standards have already reached or exceeded the requirements for seat safety monitoring. Many members of the U.S. Congress believe that the most serious problem at present is not the fact that automobile manufacturers have been slow to provide answers regarding the safety of car seats, but rather the fact that the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has failed to urge these manufacturers to give answers and solutions to this issue. It is precisely due to their inaction that many passengers in the back seats, especially children, have died in car accidents over the past few years.