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anon291yesterday at 6:02 PM2 repliesview on HN

The evidence on car seats is extremely weak and they prevent only a handful of injuries. You'd be better off redesigning roads or having more collision protection systems in cars. As self-driving cars get better to the point where they can communicate and eliminate many human errors, there's probably no need for car seats at all. In many situations they make things more dangerous, not less.


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doubled112yesterday at 7:48 PM

If I'm simplifying, your argument is that car seats are useless if we'd just stop crashing?

Isn't this true for every safety measure?

I don't need a guard on my table saw if I don't stick my thumb in it. Don't need a helmet if I don't fall off of my bike.

sfn42yesterday at 6:15 PM

Seems strong to me, can you support this claim?