Consumer Reports Retracts Article on "Failed" Car Seats

As I posted on my South Carolina Family Law Blog, Consumer Reports magazine reported two weeks ago that many infant car seats were reported to have failed side-impact crash tests.  However, Consumer Reports has now retracted the article after receiving data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, who reported the seats appeared to do well at the correct impact speed. In its tests, Consumer Reports simulated impacts at more than 70 miles an hour when they were supposed to simulate an impact at 38 miles an hour.  Consumer Reports claims at its website that its report is withdrawn pending further tests of the performance of those seats in side-impact collisions.

Source:  "Consumer Reports Retracts Article on Car Seats" by Matthew L. Wald, published in The New York Times.