5-stepping help (pic)

kam1011 · Jun 22, 2014

We are about to start carpooling with one of my daughter's teammates on a regular basis. It's an hour drive each way, 35 minutes on highway, the rest on super rural roads (full of deer

).

Child is 10. Fit is terrible in the captains chairs, but how does she look in the third row? If she fits back there well, then I will have the girls ride back there everyday. To me, the belt looks good, but her feet don't touch the ground, which isn't technically one of the steps.

BookMama · Jun 22, 2014

Hmm, that lapbelt looks kind of high to me, and I think the shoulder belt might be a bad fit when she puts her arms down. Combined with her feet not touching the floor - she's likely to slouch on the long drive - and I'd just go ahead and put her in a backless booster.

veggiegirl228 · Jun 22, 2014

I agree the lap belt looks high to me as well. It could be the picture but her knees don't look like they bend naturally on the edge of the seat, there close though.

veggiegirl228 · Jun 22, 2014

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cookie123 · Jun 22, 2014

I thought the lap belt looked about as good as I've seen on a seat belt only. But the knees don't quite bend at the seat edge so I'd definitely use a booster.

safeinthecar · Jun 22, 2014

I don't see a high lap belt at all. The belt is completely flat where it crosses under her hipbones. Looking at the middle of the belt is the equivalent of testing for movement on a harness seat somewhere other than the belt path. I have the feeling putting her in a booster any higher than an Incognito will lift her up to where the shoulderbelt falls too low. I do agree that without foot support she's going to end up slumping, but simply laying a folded yoga or beach towel on the floorboards will fix that.

OP, what vehicle is this?

veggiegirl228 · Jun 22, 2014

Not OP but her siggy says 2011 Sienna.

The Incognito sounds like the perfect solution since she's so close

murphydog77 · Jun 23, 2014

safeinthecar said:
I don't see a high lap belt at all. The belt is completely flat where it crosses under her hipbones. Looking at the middle of the belt is the equivalent of testing for movement on a harness seat somewhere other than the belt path. I have the feeling putting her in a booster any higher than an Incognito will lift her up to where the shoulderbelt falls too low. I do agree that without foot support she's going to end up slumping, but simply laying a folded yoga or beach towel on the floorboards will fix that.

OP, what vehicle is this?

I agree with Kimberly's assessment. I think everything looks fine, except her legs. Her thighs look a little short so that her knees don't fully bend at the edge of the seat and her feet don't touch the floor. The positioning of the shoulder belt is fine; it could be closer to the middle of her collarbone, but any further out than that and it will slide off in a crash.

This would be fine for me for a short ride, but since it's a 35 min ride each way, I'd prefer an Incognito under her. And she might too since it's a "kid positioner" and not a booster.

kam1011 · Jun 23, 2014

Thanks everyone. Since I went to bed early and then went to work and didn't check back here, we used a backless amp this afternoon. I'll try the incognito tonight when I pick them up. Usually my own daughter rides in it.

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