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Car seats are no more effective than seat belts for children over 24 months
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REFUTED
the evidence says no
confidence 8/100

While a notable older empirical study questioned the added benefit of child safety seats over regular seat belts for children over age two, consensus guidelines and more robust crash data clearly indicate that properly used car seats and booster seats provide superior protection.

Evidence against · 3
Effectiveness of Booster Seats Compared With No Restraint or Seat Belt Alone for Crash Injury Prevention
2013 · cited by 17
Levitt (2005) is directly refuted by subsequent methodological critiques and consensus, but even as a single outlier study it argued primarily for ages 2-6 rather than specifically isolating children over 24 months with equal efficacy across all metrics.
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More against · 2
Transportation of infants and children in motor vehicles
2008 · cited by 13
The Canadian Paediatric Society guidelines (2008) state that child safety seats reduce fatal injury by 71% and serious injury by 67%, establishing their superior effectiveness over seat belts alone for young children.
Evidence that Seat Belts are as Effective as Child Safety Seats in Preventing Death for Children Aged Two and Up
2005 · cited by 12
Arbogast et al. (2013) demonstrate that booster and child safety restraints provide significantly better protection and lower injury risks compared to seat belts alone for children beyond toddler age.
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