Criticism
There has been some criticism of forward facing child safety seats, in particular by the economist Steven D. Levitt, author of the popular book Freakonomics. In a 2005 article in the New York Times, Levitt suggests that the available data does not support the necessity of forward facing child safety seats for children over two-years-old, arguing that the cheaper and simpler alternative of seat belts offers similar protection as forward facing seats. Levitt was a guest at the TED conference in the same year, and gave a lecture making the same case.
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