StillThankful
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As a first time booster mom, I'm still researching booster safety, etc. Because DD1 still sleeps so much, I've decided to put her back in the EFTA for now.
I remembered a story about a young boy being ejected from the car while in a booster.
I came across Kyle David Miller. I remember seeing the coverage on TV years ago.
I now realize that he did not submarine out of his booster due to inadequate size or improper seatbelt placement, but rather the seatbelt latch disengaged and ejected him AND the booster out the window as the minivan flipped.
His mother and father now advocate for children to be in harnessed seats as long as possible.
My questions (believe me this is coming from my heart) are : Even if Kyle had been in a 5 point harness seat secured by a seatbelt, wouldn't have the seatbelt still become disengaged & ejected him AND the convertible seat due to the seatbelt defect? Or are they advocating using 5 point harnessed seats w/ LATCH? Or are they saying if he had been in a 5 point harnessed seat WITH the top tether, that he wouldn't have been ejected even if the seatbelt latch disengaged b/c it would have been secured by the tether?
To me, it wasn't so much a booster failure as it was an automobile's seatbelt defect.
I'm just confused. Please excuse my questions if it sounds silly. I woke up at 4 am because DD2 has been coughing incessantly and then I've been crying for about an hour due to Kyle's untimely death and watching the videos pertaining to his story.
I remembered a story about a young boy being ejected from the car while in a booster.
I came across Kyle David Miller. I remember seeing the coverage on TV years ago.
I now realize that he did not submarine out of his booster due to inadequate size or improper seatbelt placement, but rather the seatbelt latch disengaged and ejected him AND the booster out the window as the minivan flipped.
His mother and father now advocate for children to be in harnessed seats as long as possible.
My questions (believe me this is coming from my heart) are : Even if Kyle had been in a 5 point harness seat secured by a seatbelt, wouldn't have the seatbelt still become disengaged & ejected him AND the convertible seat due to the seatbelt defect? Or are they advocating using 5 point harnessed seats w/ LATCH? Or are they saying if he had been in a 5 point harnessed seat WITH the top tether, that he wouldn't have been ejected even if the seatbelt latch disengaged b/c it would have been secured by the tether?
To me, it wasn't so much a booster failure as it was an automobile's seatbelt defect.
I'm just confused. Please excuse my questions if it sounds silly. I woke up at 4 am because DD2 has been coughing incessantly and then I've been crying for about an hour due to Kyle's untimely death and watching the videos pertaining to his story.