Hi. Our school is conducting a toy and clothing drive, & the announcement includes carseats as an item they are collecting.
This bothers me, and I wanted to point out that it's not normally a good item to accept. But I am wondering, strictly speaking, if I am on firm ground. I don't know who is collecting the items, so I suppose it's possible they check them or dispose of them, although I highly doubt that. I'm also unclear on, strictly speaking, what people who are done with their seats are supposed to do. If they are done with a seat but it is not expired or recalled and has never been in a crash, is it really wrong to pass it along? And if not, does where you pass it along matter--ie, it's OK if you hand it to a person you know, or to a nonprofit, & verify it's safe, but not OK in the more anonymous kind of drop-off the school is conducting?
Should I raise this with the organizer of the drive? I'd like to, but am not sure precisely what to say, as you can see.
Thanks!
This bothers me, and I wanted to point out that it's not normally a good item to accept. But I am wondering, strictly speaking, if I am on firm ground. I don't know who is collecting the items, so I suppose it's possible they check them or dispose of them, although I highly doubt that. I'm also unclear on, strictly speaking, what people who are done with their seats are supposed to do. If they are done with a seat but it is not expired or recalled and has never been in a crash, is it really wrong to pass it along? And if not, does where you pass it along matter--ie, it's OK if you hand it to a person you know, or to a nonprofit, & verify it's safe, but not OK in the more anonymous kind of drop-off the school is conducting?
Should I raise this with the organizer of the drive? I'd like to, but am not sure precisely what to say, as you can see.
Thanks!