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| magic - let's look at the incident this way; if the new seats law was in place last week and the little 'un was still able to get out of the harness and open the door, would anything be different in what happened?
I learned at a young age that you can lock your Nana in the back of the car by switching on the child lock as you closed the door "for her". Everyone needs to know how these work and I'm sure they are now on every car. | |
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No, strangley enough we have ours set so the kids cannot open them.
This was a tragedy and I was trying to be pragmatic in life, someone elses tragedy but does not stop people learning something from it, even if it is just to review how you cart your children about.
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| With 3 young children, you have the challenge of actually fitting in 3 seats across the back row. Sometimes, that's not possible as you suggest (maybe a forward-facing one in the front seat is possible). | |
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Yes, currently we have two full car seats and one booster seat, however if the law (do not know the full details as yet) demands that there be three full child seats then I am asking the practical question of how to accomodate them.
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| Volvo, I think, have booster seats built in (as a more-cost option).
There is nothing monstrous about a 7-seater - you can get some nifty 6- and 7-seaters. If you're willing to have so many children [in a short time] then you should also be prepared to not compromise on carting them around safely in your vehicle.
And we have not even touched on friends and relatives cars. Would you allow Little Johnny to take the short trip to the shops in the back of Grandad's car - without the appropriate seat? | |
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Volvo only has two booster seats, agreed you can go for the bigger ones which have two seats in the boot.
Yes, our relatives do take our children in their cars and of course with the appropriate car seats, why do you think we would not?
As above this is a tragedy and we should all try and take something from this to make sure our children are safer.