Quick advice please

carseatcoach · Sep 14, 2007

Would be much appreciated. I lurk more than I post, but I lurk a lot.

Right now I have two large carseats in the back of my Subaru Forester. A person couldn't fit between them.

It's raining hard. I am going to drive to pick up my daughter at the bus stop (leaving in 30 minutes). Our next-door neighbor rides the bus too. He's 11, approximately 5', slender.

I'd like to offer him a ride home too. Do y'all think I could let him sit in the front seat? We'll be driving two short blocks in an extremely quiet rural neighborhood.

I *so* don't want to uninstall a seat and then reinstall it in the pouring rain -- I need both seats tomorrow morning.

natysr · Sep 14, 2007

Well, he is taller than I am. I'd let him ride in the front in that instance and just put the passenger seat as far back as possible.

MomToEliEm · Sep 14, 2007

I would feel okay with a 5' tall 11 year old in the front seat. Just so long as the front passenger seat wasn't pushed up too close to the airbag.

jennsmile · Sep 14, 2007

I would A, see if he can fit between the two carseats and B, put him in the front seat with the seat ALL the way back.

Jenn

carseatcoach · Sep 14, 2007

Yes, I'd put my daughter behind me and push the passenger seat all the way back. I'm sure he'd be 12" from the airbag.

safeinthecar · Sep 14, 2007

I think the front would be fine for a 5 ft tall kid. That's taller than at least half the women in my family

FWIW: my 11 yo ride in the front unless there's another adult with me. She gets really horribly car sick in the back seat ( was better when she rode in a 5 pt). Poor thing throws up about every 5 miles when riding in the back. I just can't put her through that, especially since we drive at least 70 miles a day. She's 5'2" so I'm pretty comfortable her in front.

Kimberly

chaoticoctopus · Sep 14, 2007

I wouldn't have a problem with it personally, given his height, and of course that you can push the seat far enough back from the airbag. Dh and I let our son ride in front a few times before he hit the magic "12" because he fits in the adult seatbelt, even being under 5'. Guess he's long-torsoed? We've got a mix of torso lengths amongst our kidlets... Anyhow, we just made sure the seat was pushed back far enough, and that he sat correctly for the ride. :twocents:

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