66 Passenger Minivan

SafeDad

CPSDarren - Admin

Staff member

• Sep 15, 2011

• #1

Didn't see this posted already, but move over Honda Odyssey!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-14913412

Sad, but apparently true. I'm sure similar things happen more than we know, even in the USA.

So, what carseats would work best for this seating setup?

 

creideamh

Well-known member

• Sep 15, 2011

• #2

x a million

 

Judi

CPST/Firefighter

• Sep 15, 2011

• #3

Dang. I was hoping it was a 66 passenger. I could install all my seats, and then some! I could install in color order.

 

ketchupqueen

CPST and ketchup snob

Staff member

• Sep 15, 2011

• #4

I'm thinking the kids in the middle were pretty well protected by compartmentalization... Tough luck for the kids on the outside though!

 

Ali

New member

• Sep 15, 2011

• #5

Wow! I remember about 20+ years ago our girl scout leaders folding down the backseat of her station wagon and 15 of us just sitting in the back. We thought it was great. I shudder now though!

 

rxmommy

New member

• Sep 15, 2011

• #6

ketchupqueen said:

I'm thinking the kids in the middle were pretty well protected by compartmentalization... Tough luck for the kids on the outside though!

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That's actually what I was thinking too.

 

wendytthomas

Admin - CPST Instructor

Staff member

• Sep 15, 2011

• #7

I'm shocked the police did anything. In a week in China the only carseat I saw was Piper's, and the city buses routinely looked like that van (Piper would sit on random strangers' laps, which was normal for there).

Wendy

 

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ILoveMy3Boys

New member

• Sep 15, 2011

• #8

:thumbsdown: That little one crying when they unloaded them all totally broke my heart!

 

Kac

Ambassador - CPS Technician

• Sep 15, 2011

• #9

Oh my.

 

Mags462

New member

• Sep 16, 2011

• #10

Oh.My.Word...... i wonder what they were all doing in there. A school trip? daycare?

And sadly although i having 66 kids in a minivan is appalling i am sure the 12 police vans that came to pick them up didn't have proper car seats for them either.

 

jess71903

Ambassador

• Sep 16, 2011

• #11

Holy cow! Even after seeing the set-up, I'm still having a hard time with SIXTY-SIX kids in there!

 

twinsmom

New member

• Sep 16, 2011

• #12

ILoveMy3Boys said:

:thumbsdown: That little one crying when they unloaded them all totally broke my heart!

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:yeahthatsad: It is heartbreaking. Not just from the carseat/safety standpoint, but they are crammed into that van like cattle. Poor little faces....

 

Brianna

New member

• Sep 16, 2011

• #13

I'm surprised there are no injuries simply from the kids shoving each other!

 

scariestone

New member

• Sep 16, 2011

• #14

wendytthomas said:

I'm shocked the police did anything. In a week in China the only carseat I saw was Piper's, and the city buses routinely looked like that van (Piper would sit on random strangers' laps, which was normal for there).

Wendy

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:yeahthat: I wonder what they arrested him for as I thought there weren't any car seat laws in China yet. Last night DH was watching some show on Discovery about immigration and they showed an suv that had 17 adults crammed into and I couldn't fathom how they managed that either.

 

H

HEVY

New member

• Sep 16, 2011

• #15

Judi said:

Dang. I was hoping it was a 66 passenger.

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Well I wan't hoping, but I thought that's what it meant.

wendytthomas said:

I'm shocked the police did anything.

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That was my first thought.

What about the parents? They should be held accountable as well, maybe even more so for allowing it, and there is no doubt in my mind that the parents were full aware.

One guys way to make a lot of money transporting lots of kids while the parents are getting cheap transport. But that's just my opinion of course