mommy2jasmine
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I was going to reply to the other thread with the same subject, but after writing it all out, I felt bad, and that I was stealing the thread
My daughter's Radian is installed in the middle, in our Ford Focus. I love it there, it fits great, but (and this is a huge but) my dh can't seem to remember to tell his extremely TALL friends not to cram their seat back into it. EVERY day of the work week he has someone in his car, and even the short ones think they need to ride gangster style to lunch. I don't get it, and I am getting REALLY tired of telling my husband he needs to stop his friends from doing that. It's tethered down, and when they push the seat back it forces it up, and puts more tension on the tether. And, it pushes it to the side, and since it's lap/shoulder installed, after so many times I have to completely re-install it, because it starts tilting to one side. I'm not so much worried about it happening every once in awhile, but this is daily, M-F. I don't like the idea of putting that stress on it on a daily basis, especially since I know it stays like that some days, because he will give someone a ride Monday, then I don't go anywhere in the car until Saturday.
So...what's the statistic for putting car seats on the side? I know the middle is the safest, and that by her being rear facing she is extremely well prepared for a side impact collision. I told my husband the next time I get in the car and I have to adjust everything, her seat is going behind the drivers seat, and he is NOT going to like having his seat upright, so maybe after driving with the seat like that for awhile he will remember to tell his friends they can either deal with it, or walk to lunch.
Thanks
My daughter's Radian is installed in the middle, in our Ford Focus. I love it there, it fits great, but (and this is a huge but) my dh can't seem to remember to tell his extremely TALL friends not to cram their seat back into it. EVERY day of the work week he has someone in his car, and even the short ones think they need to ride gangster style to lunch. I don't get it, and I am getting REALLY tired of telling my husband he needs to stop his friends from doing that. It's tethered down, and when they push the seat back it forces it up, and puts more tension on the tether. And, it pushes it to the side, and since it's lap/shoulder installed, after so many times I have to completely re-install it, because it starts tilting to one side. I'm not so much worried about it happening every once in awhile, but this is daily, M-F. I don't like the idea of putting that stress on it on a daily basis, especially since I know it stays like that some days, because he will give someone a ride Monday, then I don't go anywhere in the car until Saturday.
So...what's the statistic for putting car seats on the side? I know the middle is the safest, and that by her being rear facing she is extremely well prepared for a side impact collision. I told my husband the next time I get in the car and I have to adjust everything, her seat is going behind the drivers seat, and he is NOT going to like having his seat upright, so maybe after driving with the seat like that for awhile he will remember to tell his friends they can either deal with it, or walk to lunch.
Thanks