Thank you for the reality check. It is easy to get out of hand sometimes.
3rd Row conversion to rear facing?
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Thank you for the reality check. It is easy to get out of hand sometimes.
For what it's worth, when my parents had a Suburban we'd take out the second row and leave the 3rd row in for long trips, felt like we were riding in a limo (with 2 dogs at our feet). Obviously if you need more seats that's an issue.
That would save you from fabbing a bracket, make entry/exit easier, and at the same time add the novelty of all that legroom!
That would save you from fabbing a bracket, make entry/exit easier, and at the same time add the novelty of all that legroom!
doesn't matter the mode of transportation, rear facing is always safer due to the dynamics and dispersion of force during impact, we've known since the 50's that rear facing seats allow the body to more evenly dissipate the force across our bodies and the seat if we are rear facing.
problem is alot of people don't like sitting aft facing and there's this whole psychology thing as to why air craft seats and others aren't rear facing despite the fact that study after study that has been done for 40 years proves time and time again that rear facing seats are in fact safer.
That's just a general statement, has nothing to do with if i think re-engineering safety features in your LC is a good thing or not, just general info that might help you pick a better/safer train or bus seat if you have the option and this is actually a pretty fascinating topic if you care to put in the effort for research as we've known rear facing is exponentially safer but have never implemented it for decades for reasons that no one can really quite nail down, give it a google if you're bored...
edit: n/m here's a brief article on it.
Are aft-facing airplane seats safer? | Page 1 | Need to Know | Air & Space Magazine
"Research into the issue of seat design includes a 1952 report by Naval Aviation News which suggested passengers in transport planes were**** ten times ****more likely to survive in a backward facing seat, and a 1983 paper entitled “Impact Protection in Air Transport Passenger Seat Design” by Richard Snyder, a scientist at the University of Michigan. He concluded that “data appears to overwhelmingly substantiate that the seated occupant can tolerate much higher crash forces when oriented in the rearward-facing position.”"
problem is alot of people don't like sitting aft facing and there's this whole psychology thing as to why air craft seats and others aren't rear facing despite the fact that study after study that has been done for 40 years proves time and time again that rear facing seats are in fact safer.
That's just a general statement, has nothing to do with if i think re-engineering safety features in your LC is a good thing or not, just general info that might help you pick a better/safer train or bus seat if you have the option and this is actually a pretty fascinating topic if you care to put in the effort for research as we've known rear facing is exponentially safer but have never implemented it for decades for reasons that no one can really quite nail down, give it a google if you're bored...
edit: n/m here's a brief article on it.
Are aft-facing airplane seats safer? | Page 1 | Need to Know | Air & Space Magazine
"Research into the issue of seat design includes a 1952 report by Naval Aviation News which suggested passengers in transport planes were**** ten times ****more likely to survive in a backward facing seat, and a 1983 paper entitled “Impact Protection in Air Transport Passenger Seat Design” by Richard Snyder, a scientist at the University of Michigan. He concluded that “data appears to overwhelmingly substantiate that the seated occupant can tolerate much higher crash forces when oriented in the rearward-facing position.”"
^^ The Navy's COD has rear facing seats.
Couple of minor flaws to this logic seem to be:
1) I suspect a plane/train would be much more likely to have a frontal accident, and much less likely to get T-boned or rear ended.
2) I'd prefer my driver's seat and those driving around me to be forward facing please.
Back to the topic - You can't do it without spending a bucket of cash and re-engineering the whole back of the unibody with a plasma cutter and a welder and a butt-load of fabrication skills. And there are no mounts for seatbelts except on the D-pillar. Even putting the safety issues aside (or not), it would be cost prohibitive.
lol, that's silly, frontal collisions are by far and away the most common type of accidents in motor vehicles, think about it, one persons t-bone or rear end accident is another persons frontal collision, that is unless we all start driving backwards and sideways everywhere, which judging by number 2 on your list, you wouldn't like.
If you get the 3rd row seat facing backwards, then the kids will have to get in and out thru the tailgate (entering thru the rear door would leave them behind the seats). That's mostly means that you or your wife will have to open and close the tailgate after your kids get in. Adding the difficulty for a small kid to climb "up there"
