In car DVD with rear facing seats?

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I was just about to buy an in car DVD twin screen thing for my 20 mo twins to amuse them in uocoming ling drive - however, we have extended rear facing seats and I wondered if this would be safe/legal ie would it distract the driver?
And actually can they be hung off the back seat headrests instead of off the back of the front seats which is how all the pictures show them?
Any advice welcome!

That would be upcoming long drive...

Think it would be ok as long as you can't see them in your rearview.

This is not the best link but is all I could find.

www.standard.co.uk/news/incar-dvd-players-can-kill-a-child-in-crash-at-just-18mph-6594142.html

I am presuming you are ERF for safety reasons, so you may want to re think the in car DVD players.

Thank you both. That link is quite worrying - it talks about DVDs being attached to front headrests so presumably the tests were ff seats. Maybe little handheld things would be safer?

Why not just buy/use iPads or tablets? You can buy seat back covers for them that attach them to the seat, although handheld makes them easier to pass around.

Cost mainly - DVD would be £80 for 2, tablets/ipad maybe 10 times that!!

The article talks about Velcro straps, got to be more reliable connection than that

Interesting thread, thanks!

Dd1 was forward facing and we had a cheapie incar set from aldi, it didn't attach using Velcro, it screwed into place and seemed secure. Unfortunately it broke a few weeks ago so needs replacing. Dd2 will be rf and we had wondered how to still use a DVD player so I'll watch this thread with interest

You should be okay as long as it's secure. The rule I was told is that "if you wouldn't let someone throw it at your face, don't leave it loose in the car". There have been quite a few people killed by First Aid kits flying off the parcel shelf during an accident.

Really interesting as Ive been thinking the same for my children although one is ERF and the other FF.