jourdysmom
CPST Instructor
This may be in the wrong section. Not sure if it would be installs or car seat chat
A friend of ours owns a shop, he does NY state vehicle inspections. NY state requires that all seat belts be checked for proper use during the inspection. His question to me over lunch today was "I take the car seat out (not physically out of the car, just unbuckles to test the belt systems) but then what? I don't have kids, I mean I know they go in so they aren't loose, but I don't know how to put one in right... what am I supposed to do with it then?"
I explained that ideally he should lay it on its side, so the caregiver is aware that it is not buckled and needs attention, BUT that at that point it becomes a projectile risk. That i don't know what I would do except NOT to put the belt back thru and buckle it. Thats a huge liability risk for him.
DH told him to become a tech. But he also has 4 employees that can do this inspection. They can't close the shop for 4 days for all of them to go to the CPST class, and still, we aren't an "install service".
We were all brainstorming over lunch, these were the ideas:
buckle over it so it isn't a projectile risk. (meh, I still see major misuse, "the inspection station did it so it must be safe")
Add it on to the bill that states "Your child's car seat was removed if you had a NY state inspection, please be sure to reinstall it" He cannot add to the inspection form, it prints direct from the NYS system, and he doesn't print a shop bill as the NYS receipt works as his as well.
Put a notice on the dash stating ""Your child's car seat was removed because you had a NY state inspection, please be sure to reinstall it as it can be a projectile in a crash"
**I personally think this was the best suggestion, and pretty ticked that it wasn't my idea LOL
Ideas?
A friend of ours owns a shop, he does NY state vehicle inspections. NY state requires that all seat belts be checked for proper use during the inspection. His question to me over lunch today was "I take the car seat out (not physically out of the car, just unbuckles to test the belt systems) but then what? I don't have kids, I mean I know they go in so they aren't loose, but I don't know how to put one in right... what am I supposed to do with it then?"
I explained that ideally he should lay it on its side, so the caregiver is aware that it is not buckled and needs attention, BUT that at that point it becomes a projectile risk. That i don't know what I would do except NOT to put the belt back thru and buckle it. Thats a huge liability risk for him.
DH told him to become a tech. But he also has 4 employees that can do this inspection. They can't close the shop for 4 days for all of them to go to the CPST class, and still, we aren't an "install service".
We were all brainstorming over lunch, these were the ideas:
buckle over it so it isn't a projectile risk. (meh, I still see major misuse, "the inspection station did it so it must be safe")
Add it on to the bill that states "Your child's car seat was removed if you had a NY state inspection, please be sure to reinstall it" He cannot add to the inspection form, it prints direct from the NYS system, and he doesn't print a shop bill as the NYS receipt works as his as well.
Put a notice on the dash stating ""Your child's car seat was removed because you had a NY state inspection, please be sure to reinstall it as it can be a projectile in a crash"
**I personally think this was the best suggestion, and pretty ticked that it wasn't my idea LOL
Ideas?