New RF dilemma, WWYD?

[kidrepair]

O.K. so now that my oldest DD has outgrown the PW, I need to decide where to put everyone, we have a 92, Grand Caravan with two captains chairs with headrests and a rear bench without headrests. We have had a rf MA behind driver, and GN and PW, rear bench. Now I have to move DD1 to middle chair for headrest in a backless Turbo so if I leave my DD3 rf behind driver and DD1 behind passenger then we have no extra seats for friends ad we would not have another seat available for headrest. I have now put DD3 in rear bench rf MA and put DD1 in NBTurbo behnd driver. My dilemma is I am very worried about projectiles from the back hitting DD3 in the event of an accident, esp. without headrests to maybe block a little bit, so do I FF her in the MA? or is this not really a concern? Sorry so long, my DH thinks I'm crazy for even worrying about it....Sorry about typos, I'm getting my kiddos ready for bed....

[NannyMom]

I was thinking about RF seats in the 3rd rows recently. I didn't do any research or even ask opinions :o But the conclusion I came to is.... if the child was RF in a car (especially a small car) they'd be in about the same situation, right? And not all cars have a headrest in the center seat, or nay headrests at all. But I'd be fine putting a child RF there. Just my own thoughts.

But I'm interested to see what others say as well.

[bobandjess99]

well..of course the answer is that there shouldn't BE any unrestrained projectiles in your car...:whistle: ;)

i know you can get like a cargo net type thing...maybe something like this?
http://www.cargogear.com/OneItemInfo.aspx?partnum=HIBARNET

Would you feel more secure that way?
There is always going to be some risk, of course, just being in a vehicle....
I think RFing in the 3rd row is still a very safe choice.

[NannyMom]

Sorry. I was hinking projectiles coming in the window from outside. I guess I misunderstood.

[kidrepair]

Sorry I guess I was a little vague, I did mean projectiles from behind the seat, we normally keep a double jogger back there and I know it's heavy so it might not move much but I know it could happen. I guess that story about the women who was killed by her laptop in the back of the head kind of freaks me out..

[Sceason1972]

You can use a cargo net or tie downs - to keep objects form being a projectile.

[ketchupqueen]

I would get some nice strong tie-downs, and if you don't already have cargo anchors, see if you can get some put in. Then get in the habit of securing the stroller, etc. every time.