Buckle Baby
If I have to travel with my baby and kids and there aren't enough seatbelts, where is the safest place to sit?
I've had to transport my kids from time to time, and there hasn't been enough seatbelts. My friend has told me that it's fine to hold my child on my lap in the frontseat as there's an airbag, and if that doesn't work, as the car is old, then i should be able to hold on to my child in a crash. She has also told me that my kids are fine in the backseat unrestrained as the frontseats will stop them. She never restrains her kids, or herself, and I never wear my seatbelt as I survived a crash when i was young because I was unrestrained, and i've never buckled up since. I always restrain my kids, but I only have one car, and my husband normally takes it to work, and I have to get a lift with friends. I'm not sure what to do as something tells me that it's not safe to hold a child in the frontseat, but nothing has happened so far! What could go wrong Can anyone give me some tips? There's normally my friend and I, and five kids (my two and my friends three, all under 5) in a small hatchback!
You need to get a vehicle with enough seatbelts for everyone. It is illegal to carry more passengers than there are seatbelts. And it is illegal to carry unrestrained children regardless of the number of seatbelts.
Carrying the infant in your lap is a recipe for certain death, especially for the infant. In an impact, you will not be able to hold onto the infant. Additionally, airbags can be fatal for infants -- read the warning on the underside of the sun visor!
Only a moron that doesn't give a toss about his or her kids would ever let them ride unrestrained. Period!!
I used to drive an ambulance, many years ago. The worst accident that I responded to was one where I had to scrape the brains of a 3-year old from the tree that her mother hit. The child was in the back seat and was ejected through the windshield when her idiot mother (who was wearing a seatbelt and survived without a scratch) hit that tree. I still have nightmares about that one.
Buckle Up, Baby Doll - Mark Morriss
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