Nick says that he is not actually in love with Jordan Baker, but felt âa sort of tender curiosityâ (62). It is difficult to understand Nickâs attraction to Jordan, who, by his own descriptions, seems like an unpleasant person.
In fact, the seat is even more protective in a crash when it is less reclined. Today, because of product improvements due to increased awareness of the benefits of facing rearward, many children are riding rear facing until age 2-3 or more.
Riding in a rearâfacing safety seat also protects the child better in other types of crashes, particularly side impacts, which are extremely dangerous, if not quite so common. Children in Sweden ride rear facing until they are three to five years old, lowering traffic death and injury rates substantially.