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No, don't apologize, in no way did you offend me, I was just trying to point out that the seats aren't suicide seats. They are safe seats. That is, unless you are rear-ended by a vehicle going a substancial speed higher than you, but how unlikely is that event?
All of life is full of risks, just varying degrees. There was a woman killed in Chicago a few years ago by a piece of glass falling off of a building (cut off a portion of her head, she was walking with her young child who was fine). Do I worry about walking in Chicago or around other tall buildings? No, though there is the risk.
In any event, if I remember the stat right, 1/3 of Volvo wagons sold in the US have the third row of seats, so there are a substancial number of them out there. If you think that the seats are too dangerous to put children in, I certainly respect your decision to not put your children in them (though they are teenagers now and are surely beyond the size / weight restrictions). I don't agree with it and still put my kids in them on occasion, but I respect your decision to not use them.
The point of this thread wasn't to debate the safety of the seats, it was to debate the legality of the seats to carry children. I believe that it is legal to carry children there, at least under Illinois law, assuming the child is 4 years old or older (if they are 3 or under they are supposed to be in a car seat).
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