bobandjess99
Senior Community Member
So..I've been pondering....I know that for an older child who can sitin a booster, we don't have any data as to whether a harness or booster is safer..odds are, both are very safe.
But, I also know your car is your first line of defense. If it crumples into a postage-stamp-sized piece of tin, or explodes a la the Pinto, chances are your carseat may not be the deciding factor in the outcome.
My car is pretty safe. It was the safest car we could afford, and gets almost the highest safety scores from IIHS. It has good front and side impact, and has SAB, and good rear impact crash ratings. I feel pretty good about my kids riding safely restrained in my car. We bought it when my old rattletrap died.
But.....
My dh still drives a rattletrap, because we can't afford to replace it yet..hopefully this coming year. Becasue I am going back to work, he will need to sometimes drive them around. We can't switch cars because I can't physically drive his car, and i have to be able to drive for my work, he can't like..drop me off.
Anyway...I've been thinking about what seats to put in his car. Ds will be in ....i dunno...something RFing, so I'm not too worried about him. But dd rides in a HBTB in my car...which just seems so desperately inadequate a level of protection in dh's dangermobile. Am I insane for wanting to put her back into her nauti, so that she has a nice, hard, metal-reinfoced shell around her? Sort of to add another layer of protection should the car..you know..actually crumple into a pile of tin?
I'm being stupid, right? I'm being weirdly emotional and stupid. Tell me to go to bed and stop being weird. :sorry!:
But, I also know your car is your first line of defense. If it crumples into a postage-stamp-sized piece of tin, or explodes a la the Pinto, chances are your carseat may not be the deciding factor in the outcome.
My car is pretty safe. It was the safest car we could afford, and gets almost the highest safety scores from IIHS. It has good front and side impact, and has SAB, and good rear impact crash ratings. I feel pretty good about my kids riding safely restrained in my car. We bought it when my old rattletrap died.
But.....
My dh still drives a rattletrap, because we can't afford to replace it yet..hopefully this coming year. Becasue I am going back to work, he will need to sometimes drive them around. We can't switch cars because I can't physically drive his car, and i have to be able to drive for my work, he can't like..drop me off.
Anyway...I've been thinking about what seats to put in his car. Ds will be in ....i dunno...something RFing, so I'm not too worried about him. But dd rides in a HBTB in my car...which just seems so desperately inadequate a level of protection in dh's dangermobile. Am I insane for wanting to put her back into her nauti, so that she has a nice, hard, metal-reinfoced shell around her? Sort of to add another layer of protection should the car..you know..actually crumple into a pile of tin?
I'm being stupid, right? I'm being weirdly emotional and stupid. Tell me to go to bed and stop being weird. :sorry!: