snowbird25ca
Moderator - CPST Instructor
I'm wondering if this is part of the course material for getting certified in AB?
There's some good info in there, and some old info that isn't best practice - mainly the recommendation for using shield boosters if the vehicle only has a lap belt. It was put together in 2003, and does emphasize the importance of rf'ing. Goes through different seatbelt types and the like - and I can now say I know what a seatbelt shortener is... I imagined it quite differently.
I must say though, the law here in the province is dumb. The law to be out of a harnessed seat is 40lbs or 6yrs old, whichever comes first. So a 40lb 2 yr old could be in a booster, but a 35lb 5.5yr old would still legally have to be harnessed... doesn't make much sense to me - maybe the 40lb thing is there because we don't have a lot of high weight harnessed seats?
Anyways, I thought you guys would find this interesting & I'm curious to hear if those of you taking the tech course get the same info.
There's some good info in there, and some old info that isn't best practice - mainly the recommendation for using shield boosters if the vehicle only has a lap belt. It was put together in 2003, and does emphasize the importance of rf'ing. Goes through different seatbelt types and the like - and I can now say I know what a seatbelt shortener is... I imagined it quite differently.
I must say though, the law here in the province is dumb. The law to be out of a harnessed seat is 40lbs or 6yrs old, whichever comes first. So a 40lb 2 yr old could be in a booster, but a 35lb 5.5yr old would still legally have to be harnessed... doesn't make much sense to me - maybe the 40lb thing is there because we don't have a lot of high weight harnessed seats?
Anyways, I thought you guys would find this interesting & I'm curious to hear if those of you taking the tech course get the same info.