My husband the police officer said...

HEVY

New member
the state law is 5yrs and 60lbs :rolleyes:
There was a woman arriving at the Y when we were leaving. Her 7yr old was in the back leaning up against the front seat and mom was not wearing a seat belt.
I was like, it's unsafe for your son to not be in a seat belt and she said he was wearing one, and I'm like nooo he wasn't and neither were you. She said yes we were I just told him to take it off when we got in the parking lot, that they wouldn't have time to park and take it off :confused: Not true since I was parked at the very begining and watched her as she drove down the street and was waiting to turn into the lot. Anyway she says, well my husbands a police officer and he says it's OK to to this, thank you for your concern. I asked how old her son was and she said 7, I told her the law was 8/80 to be in a booster, she's like no my husband said 5/60 and he's 60. I told her again NJ state law is 8/80 and she said thank you for your concern.
 
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spokaneCPST

CPST Instructor
Wow, NJ has been 8/80 since my son was 7 I think - which would have been 2000. Maybe even a little earlier than that!!
 

urchin_grey

New member
Unfortunately, it seems that a lot of police officers don't have a clue. My sister's ex was a cop in New Orleans and he was trying to convince my sister to turn their 4mo son FF'ing (in an infant seat). :eek:

The worst part is that before he was a NO cop, he started out as a traffic cop in a small town in LA. How are these people getting through police academy without even knowing the car safety laws in their state? :thumbsdown:
 

mamabear

New member
Yeah, "cops" don't really know any more than anyone else who hasn't educated themselves.

If they did, I wouldn't have had to reinstall ALL THREE of my cousin's son's seats when we visited last week. Her BIL is a Highway Patrol and helped with the original installs. I think I un-did every misuse listed in the book, plus a couple of new ones:whistle:

I may post the whole story later, I'm still too angry to talk about it:mad:
 

tjham

New member
the state law is 5yrs and 60lbs :rolleyes:
There was a woman arriving at the Y when we were leaving. Her 7yr old was in the back leaning up against the front seat and mom was not wearing a seat belt.
I was like, it's unsafe for your son to not be in a seat belt and she said he was wearing one, and I'm like nooo he wasn't and neither were you. She said yes we were I just told him to take it off when we got in the parking lot, that they wouldn't have time to park and take it off :confused: Not true since I was parked at the very begining and watched her as she drove down the street and was waiting to turn into the lot. Anyway she says, well my husbands a police officer and he says it's OK to to this, thank you for your concern. I asked how old her son was and she said 7, I told her the law was 8/80 to be in a booster, she's like no my husband said 5/60 and he's 60. I told her again NJ state law is 8/80 and she said thank you for your concern.

AND she lies in front of her kid...:mad:
 

HEVY

New member
He was standing right next to her for most of the convo, except when I said it was unsafe, she had sent him back to the car when I said that.
 

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