Date:         Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:39:03 +0000
Reply-To:     Bill Shawley <easywind1975@HOTMAIL.COM>
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From:         Bill Shawley <easywind1975@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Thoughts on Travelling w/ 4 year old
Comments: To: sbw@sbw.org
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Yeah I forgot about that, I actually put a shoulder restraint in on the passengers side when I first got it for my niece.  I've thought about doing the other side but cutting into the closet and all isn't up my alley.

 

Ryan
 
> Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:41:38 -0800
> From: sbw@SBW.ORG
> Subject: Re: Thoughts on Travelling w/ 4 year old
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> 
> I don't want to be a killjoy, and certainly I spent many happy hours
> in the way-back of a Beetle as a toddler, traveling across the
> country with my parents. Heck, when I was 10, my Mom drove a
> squareback VW from California to Iowa with three kids and a weeks-old
> baby in a bassinet balanced on the back seat.
> 
> But those VWs also had no seat belts in the back seats, and attitudes
> about child car safety have changed.
> 
> In California, at least, children under 6 must be in an approved car
> seat or booster seat unless they've grown to 60 pounds. I doubt a
> booster seat can be used properly without a shoulder harness, and I
> don't know whether the Vanagon's rear lap belts can properly secure a
> modern car seat.
> 
> The laws may grandfather vehicles that lack the necessary
> equipment. I know I wouldn't worry about being ticketed for carrying
> passengers in the rear seat of my '67 Beetle with no seat belts.
> 
> But I wouldn't let a 4-year-old sleep unrestrained in the back of a
> Vanagon or ramble around on the floor. And I certainly wouldn't put
> a child in the front passenger seat. I'd want to do some research
> into the safest way to restrain a child when only lap belts are available.
> 
> Sorry to be a downer.
                                          
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