Shaunam
New member
Ok, this is a hypothetical question that I thought of while watching a debate on another board.
Which do you think is worse...a baby strapped into a carseat that has been junked (straps cut, cover removed, do not use written on it), after a moderately bad accident (good amount of vehicle damage, passengers with mild injury), and assuming that they are strapped in with something other than car seat straps, rope maybe.....or not in a car seat at all (but strapped into the seatbelt)?
I've heard of people using really, really bad car seats. And someone on another board suggested that using a seat in that condition would be better than not using a seat at all. I'm not sure I agree with this.
I just want to see what you all think. Obviously, this is hypothetical, so we don't know what age of baby/child we're talking about, which would greatly affect your answers so feel free to specify if your answer would be different for a very young baby or an older toddler.
Which do you think is worse...a baby strapped into a carseat that has been junked (straps cut, cover removed, do not use written on it), after a moderately bad accident (good amount of vehicle damage, passengers with mild injury), and assuming that they are strapped in with something other than car seat straps, rope maybe.....or not in a car seat at all (but strapped into the seatbelt)?
I've heard of people using really, really bad car seats. And someone on another board suggested that using a seat in that condition would be better than not using a seat at all. I'm not sure I agree with this.
I just want to see what you all think. Obviously, this is hypothetical, so we don't know what age of baby/child we're talking about, which would greatly affect your answers so feel free to specify if your answer would be different for a very young baby or an older toddler.