A misuse I've never seen before!

carseatcoach · May 15, 2011

3yo(ish) in a backless booster. Booster was used as a backrest instead of a seat; belts were threaded through armrests.

And, lol, my 9yo was the one who pointed it out to me on the road today.

ks1978 · May 15, 2011

Wow. That's special. And very interesting, what gies through peoples minds? I just spotted a new install this weekend. Instead of using the seatbelt (which was obviously there and not being used. The expired looking seat was attached to the backrest with a BELT only!

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ericarizo · May 15, 2011

Wow that is crazy. I have always heard of people using the infant bucket FF and finally saw one in real life a few day's ago.

amelia222 · May 15, 2011

Weird. The most creative I've seen is a truck with a TF outboard only held in by the tether hooked to a LATCH anchor and an infant seat installed perfectly in the center except that it was using borrowed LATCH anchors. She though the TF only had one hook and I discovered the real LATCH strap moldy and covered in old food under the cover but not where it should be...ick!

Kat_Momof3 · May 15, 2011

I have to admit that would be something I've never seen... using a booster as a backrest.

I think the fit of the belt on some of these tiny ones might actually be better with it that way (well, the shoulder portion, not the lap portion), but of course it's dangerous and ridiculous.

ntrenary · May 15, 2011

my sister installed her baby bucket base with the seatbelt, then used the latch hooks to hold the bucket to the base. Oh and to make it easier to unhook the bucket from the base, she used a cheap mountain climbing hook (the kind you see in the walmart check out line) to hold the latch hooks together.

turtlemama · May 16, 2011

I saw my first infant seat in the front seat the other day

not even buckled in, so I am really hoping there was no baby in there since I didn't look long enough to find out.

truckerswife · May 16, 2011

my mom once saw a lady with newborn twins put both babies in the same infant seat because by themselves they were under the weight limit so they could share until they were over 5 pounds each than they would each need one

mlohry · May 16, 2011

I saw a Scenera being used as a booster the other day. The person had taken the harness out and was using in, "booster mode"

luckyclov · May 16, 2011

I saw an elementary school aged girl sitting on the lap of an adult male in the front passenger seat of a 4 door sedan yesterday. With no passengers in the back seat. No worries, though, I saw the shoulder belt pulled across, so they were safe.

A misuse I've never seen before!

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