I can't wait till I am a tech and I can refuse to let people leave with their kids in seats that are expired and 2 year olds in backless boosters... forward facing infant seats.. augh!
What right do you have to detain them? At our check for our class, in front of her students, our instructor let an 11 month old leave forward facing. Illegal (there were police in the class) and unsafe. And yet the parents weren't going to budge on rear facing. She can't detain them or refuse to let them leave. She can't take their seat away.
If there was a forward facing infant seat and the parents refused to listen I would write it down, write it down, write it down, and not touch it. They can put it back in and drive away. Their signature or initials would be on the paperwork, as well as my documentation.
Now if I was a cop who was also a technician then yes, I could do something (provided the two year old was actually breaking the law. There are backless boosters out there that say one year and 30 pounds, and if you're in a proper use clause state then it's legal). But for those of us who aren't, then we just educate the parents as best we can, then walk away and hope for the best.
Wendy