Brigala
CPST Instructor
I did it. I asked a random stranger in a parking lot if I could help with her car seat.
She had a new-looking higher end britax seat installed FF (maybe a blvd?) with a maybe 6-9 month old baby in it.
She declined my help but told me she was "so embarrassed" and that her husband was going to fix it when he got home from work that evening. Said they just got the car seat and hadn't known at first that it needed to be RF. I warned her about the click-it or ticket going on, and hopefully having it noticed by a random person in a parking lot will make them realize I could just as easily been a cop and ticketed her. She did say she now knew the baby should be RF to age two, so hopefully they'll turn her and leave it that way.
That was really hard. I can look the other way when parents make the choice knowingly but I had to guess there was a chance she just didn't realize.
She had a new-looking higher end britax seat installed FF (maybe a blvd?) with a maybe 6-9 month old baby in it.
She declined my help but told me she was "so embarrassed" and that her husband was going to fix it when he got home from work that evening. Said they just got the car seat and hadn't known at first that it needed to be RF. I warned her about the click-it or ticket going on, and hopefully having it noticed by a random person in a parking lot will make them realize I could just as easily been a cop and ticketed her. She did say she now knew the baby should be RF to age two, so hopefully they'll turn her and leave it that way.
That was really hard. I can look the other way when parents make the choice knowingly but I had to guess there was a chance she just didn't realize.
Fortunately I had a card on me and they texted asking if I could help them install their seat 
