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Which direction the child faces, has nothing to do with it. Sitting in an infants seat, where they are reclined and strapped down more, will always be safer than an upright booster seat.

Convertible seats, which is what older toddlers are in before they go into boosters, are more reclined rear facing than they are when their turned around.

Also, there's this:

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According to NHTSA, roughly 60% of vehicle crashes are frontal impacts and 20% are side impacts. During a crash, occupants will travel towards the point of impact, putting all the stress on the neck and spine. At that moment there are actually three impacts: the vehicle striking whatever it strikes, the body of the occupant being retained by the seat belt or harness, and then the internal organs striking the front of the inside of the body. When someone is rear facing, crashes two and three occur in concert and the forces of the crash are more equally diffused along the shell of the seat, holding the neck and spine in line.

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Posted by Pettifogger

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Posted on 5/13/16 at 3:49 pm to RogerTheShrubber

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If shes truly innocent then her own conscious will make her life unbearable. No punishment needed.

However, the default opinion here should lean toward suspicion.

I'm not a parent and don't pretend to be.

But from reading a lot of the responses, I would guess a lot of the people who are hesitant to say "this is a mistake anyone could make" are doing so because they view it as a mistake that a parent just can't make.

Sort of a zero tolerance thing, not for the purpose of throwing the woman in jail or judging her, but for reinforcing the level of risk involved. How it sounds to me, at least.

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Posted by Chucktown_Badger

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Posted on 5/13/16 at 4:17 pm to Pettifogger

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But from reading a lot of the responses, I would guess a lot of the people who are hesitant to say "this is a mistake anyone could make" are doing so because they view it as a mistake that a parent just can't make.

Sort of a zero tolerance thing, not for the purpose of throwing the woman in jail or judging her, but for reinforcing the level of risk involved. How it sounds to me, at least.

To me, I think it's something that could potentially happen in very rare instances. But my opinion is based moreso on the "facts" of this case as I understand them. It's more that I don't see how it could happen unintentionally given the supposed details of the situation.

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Posted by RogerTheShrubber

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Posted on 5/13/16 at 4:24 pm to Pettifogger

I believe it could be made, i just believe a responsible parent couldnt allow it to happen. The only case i can recall was a CEO who wasnt the normal parent who took care of the child and she found the body in the vehicle at work.

As it stands with this case there are many legit questions associated with it

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Posted by forever lsu30

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Posted on 5/13/16 at 5:22 pm to PBnJ

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This is the part that loses me. Why would you leave your unattended child in the car while you bring groceries in? Logic would tell you bring baby in first, groceries second.

you ever deal with waking up a sleeping child & try to put the groceries away at the same time?

honestly, no one is intending to leave the kid in the car. but getting through a task or 2 without a screaming child is just a necessity sometimes...

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