Victorious4
Senior Community Member
I've been sharing some of my new knowledge on passenger safety with my parents since my daughter rides with them sometimes....
It has been a task convincing my mother that all her loose junk [pens, notepads, vitamin bottles, cell phone accessories, makeup & nail files, etc.] just sitting out in the open is dangerous in an accident -- heck she's old enough to remember driving cars that had no sealtbelts, let alone storage compartments & her first kids never even sat carseats!
But, we're making progress She's encouraging & supportive, so that's good!!! Anyway, I think as part of her attempt to become safer she has done something foolish....
She's using the metal locking clip that came with an old carseat [thast has since expired & gone to the dumpster] on her own seatbelt. She says it keeps the strap off her neck -- she's barely 5' if that -- but I've never heard of the driver using the locking clip before. At first she had it so that the lap portion was very loose & I explained that was probably really dangerous & said that since she's too big for a carseat she may be doing something counterproductive as far as the emergency locking belt goes??? She has since moved the clip closer to the buckle & the lap is tighter, although not as snug as I think it should be [when I get in my seat to drive I always yank the lap portion really tight, kind of like an absent-minded habbit].
So ... is there anything I can give or tell my mom about why it's no OK to do this [or is it OK]? She has tried soft things on the belt itself to keep it from rubbing on her neck -- any other options for her?
It has been a task convincing my mother that all her loose junk [pens, notepads, vitamin bottles, cell phone accessories, makeup & nail files, etc.] just sitting out in the open is dangerous in an accident -- heck she's old enough to remember driving cars that had no sealtbelts, let alone storage compartments & her first kids never even sat carseats!
But, we're making progress She's encouraging & supportive, so that's good!!! Anyway, I think as part of her attempt to become safer she has done something foolish....
She's using the metal locking clip that came with an old carseat [thast has since expired & gone to the dumpster] on her own seatbelt. She says it keeps the strap off her neck -- she's barely 5' if that -- but I've never heard of the driver using the locking clip before. At first she had it so that the lap portion was very loose & I explained that was probably really dangerous & said that since she's too big for a carseat she may be doing something counterproductive as far as the emergency locking belt goes??? She has since moved the clip closer to the buckle & the lap is tighter, although not as snug as I think it should be [when I get in my seat to drive I always yank the lap portion really tight, kind of like an absent-minded habbit].
So ... is there anything I can give or tell my mom about why it's no OK to do this [or is it OK]? She has tried soft things on the belt itself to keep it from rubbing on her neck -- any other options for her?