Okay here is the deal. I have a friend who recently married and had a new baby. They have an 8 passenger van. They have 6 kids between them. They went and had their car seats checked at the fire department and the FD gave them new boosters for their older children. here is my problem the middle seats only have lap belts. The baby is in a rear facing evenflo seat. They have him out board taking up one of the shoulder belts and then moved their oldest out of the booster she is 8 I believe and she sits in the middle of the back row in the lap belt. Then they have a 6 year old girl, 5 year old boy and a 5 year old girl, and then a 4 year old girl. all of them are in cosco HB boosters. One of them in always in the middle with no shoulder belt. My problem is the FD told them this is safe and there is no worries and they won't listen to me.
I think the RF infant needs to be in the center since there is a lap only belt and they need to harness the 4 year old and put her center as well. This just bothers me endlessly. They weren't given any manuals with the seats so they can't and won't read them and they don't think they need to order new ones.
They have the mind set that if it wasn't safe to have lap belts used then there wouldn't be any in vehicles. I just don't get it. THey have 6 beautiful children and don't keep them safe in the vehicle.
I just needed to get it all out. Thanks for listening. I keep trying to get them to see another tech but no such luck.
I think the RF infant needs to be in the center since there is a lap only belt and they need to harness the 4 year old and put her center as well. This just bothers me endlessly. They weren't given any manuals with the seats so they can't and won't read them and they don't think they need to order new ones.
They have the mind set that if it wasn't safe to have lap belts used then there wouldn't be any in vehicles. I just don't get it. THey have 6 beautiful children and don't keep them safe in the vehicle.
I just needed to get it all out. Thanks for listening. I keep trying to get them to see another tech but no such luck.