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This is not a joke. I went to buy a new car seat today. We're going on a weekend trip. Of all the stores we went to a total of 2 car seats were rear facing. All the other seats were forward facing. If you sit in a forward facing seat it's 5 times likelier that you die or get seriously injured in a car crash.

If you compare Sweden with other countries a similar number of infants die in car accidents. But because Swedish babies continue to sit rear facing when their infant car seats are too small for them (and they get a new rear facing seat) the number of deaths is 50% less in Sweden among 1 year olds.

Just so you get the feeling of what it's like being a 1 year old. If you are 80kg your head would weigh 20kg as a 1 year old. I hope you've been to the gym? Imagine holding your head straight if it was 20kg. As a 3 year old your head would still weigh 16 kg. Like having 8 big 2 litre bottles of Coke for a head. It's like my dad always says when mum is around. In Sweden they always know best.