

| Subject: | Re: Thoughts on Travelling w/ 4 year old |
| From: | Roger Whittaker |
| Date: | Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:22:39 -0800 |
we are all wossess ... the pro use http://www.strangenewproducts.com/2006/03/portable-urinal-for-truckers.html glad i gave up being pro before it got to this :) On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 1:12 PM, Donna Skarloken <dskarloken@gmail.com>wrote: > Used the porta potty until my son was about 4 or 5, but always pulled over, > never in motion. > > > > > On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 7:18 AM, Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@cox.net> wrote: > > > I agree completely with this, and I too was a bit taken aback by the > > idea of anyone, child or adult, using a portapotty while a vehicle is in > > motion, or sleeping on the bed -- though in the old days, we simply > > stretched out. As a small child, I slept many times stretched across > > the back bench seat of a car. I don't recommend this now. > > > > So far as the rear seat belts, GoWesty sells rear seat 3 point belts and > > a tether kit for child seats. I'd check them out with safety personnel > > before trusting them, but they are available. I suspect GoWesty may > > actually have reports from safety agencies, as they would be litigation > > averse (or should be). > > > > David McNeely > > > > > > > > On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 8:41 AM, Steve Williams wrote: > > > > 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. > >> > > > -- roger w From Proverbs: Under three things the earth trembles, under four it cannot bear up: a servant who becomes king ... ---------------------------------------------------------- Explore printed work at: http://www.prliving.ca/ View the growing list of video work at: http://revver.com/find/video/?query=LastonLastof&search_on=owners and ... older work at http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7135104650374818257 http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3259745150182742364
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