Patriot201
Car-Seat.org Ambassador
I usually use my Radian XT in a RF position and thus have the harness routed in the second-from-bottom slots.
I'm not currently using the seat, and had taken the RF boot off of it the other day. The seat was just sitting in my car, unrestrained, for two days. I then decided that it was a bad idea to have that incredibly HEAVY seat just sitting in the car, so I buckled it in, FF, and locked the seatbelt. That way, it won't fly around my car. So, I now have an untethered, not even "installed" (but buckled in) Radian XT sitting outboard, behind the driver's seat of my car.
So... fast forward to this afternoon when I was running errands. After leaving a store, I went out to my car and saw that there was a note on my windshield. It said:
Hi. Sorry to be nosy, but I noticed your child seat in the back of your car.
I noticed that it is installed forward-facing and is not tethered. I just want to let you know that the occupant is safer in a tethered seat.
I also noticed that the harness is in the low slots. If your child is small enough to need those slots, then your child is probably too young to be forward-facing. If your child is too heavy to be rear-facing, then he is probably too big for the slots that you are using. The harness should be moved up.
If you require assistance with your child seat, please contact your local police department.
As I was reading the note, I noticed that the woman loading stuff into the vehicle next to me kept looking at me. I nicely asked her, "by any chance, is this note from you?"
She turned beet-red and said, "Yes. Sorry to be nosy, but I couldn't help but notice. I am kind of freaky about child seats."
I said, "Oh! So am I!" I then explained WHY my Radian XT was "installed" FF and untethered. I assured her that the seat is normally RF and that I am a HUGE advocate of ERF. I then invited her to come to this board.
So, ladies and gents... we are not alone. There are others out there who are leaving notes on windshields.
I was impressed with the length of the note the lady left. That must have taken quite a while to write out! :thumbsup:
I'm not currently using the seat, and had taken the RF boot off of it the other day. The seat was just sitting in my car, unrestrained, for two days. I then decided that it was a bad idea to have that incredibly HEAVY seat just sitting in the car, so I buckled it in, FF, and locked the seatbelt. That way, it won't fly around my car. So, I now have an untethered, not even "installed" (but buckled in) Radian XT sitting outboard, behind the driver's seat of my car.
So... fast forward to this afternoon when I was running errands. After leaving a store, I went out to my car and saw that there was a note on my windshield. It said:
Hi. Sorry to be nosy, but I noticed your child seat in the back of your car.
I noticed that it is installed forward-facing and is not tethered. I just want to let you know that the occupant is safer in a tethered seat.
I also noticed that the harness is in the low slots. If your child is small enough to need those slots, then your child is probably too young to be forward-facing. If your child is too heavy to be rear-facing, then he is probably too big for the slots that you are using. The harness should be moved up.
If you require assistance with your child seat, please contact your local police department.
As I was reading the note, I noticed that the woman loading stuff into the vehicle next to me kept looking at me. I nicely asked her, "by any chance, is this note from you?"
She turned beet-red and said, "Yes. Sorry to be nosy, but I couldn't help but notice. I am kind of freaky about child seats."
I said, "Oh! So am I!" I then explained WHY my Radian XT was "installed" FF and untethered. I assured her that the seat is normally RF and that I am a HUGE advocate of ERF. I then invited her to come to this board.
So, ladies and gents... we are not alone. There are others out there who are leaving notes on windshields.
I was impressed with the length of the note the lady left. That must have taken quite a while to write out! :thumbsup: