The Beginning of Modern Child Safety
The impetus for modern child safety was born in Sweden 1963. The first rear-facing child safety seat was designed by Bertil Aldman of Chalmers University in Gothenburg, Sweden. While watching an American TV program, Aldman noticed the position of the astronauts in the Gemini space capsule. By lying on their backs, in opposite direction to the force of acceleration, they were better able to withstand the acceleration. Professor Aldman believed that this principle could be applied to protect a child in the event of a head-on collision.
The impetus for modern child safety was born in Sweden 1963. The first rear-facing child safety seat was designed by Bertil Aldman of Chalmers University in Gothenburg, Sweden. While watching an American TV program, Aldman noticed the position of the astronauts in the Gemini space capsule. By lying on their backs, in opposite direction to the force of acceleration, they were better able to withstand the acceleration. Professor Aldman believed that this principle could be applied to protect a child in the event of a head-on collision.
Volvo
mirrors Professor Aldman's belief, further adding that children are
best protected during the first three years of life by facing rearward
in the car seat.
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Auxiliary
Seats for Volvo wagons were launched in 1972. In 1978 Volvo introduced a
Booster Cushion. The Integrated Child Booster Seat in the middle of
the rear seat was first offered in 1991. Each of these features
continues as part of Volvo's child safety program. Always striving to
improve child safety, Volvo introduced unique safety systems into the
design of its XC90 to further protect young passengers in the rear most seats.
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