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Parents ignore booster seats when carpooling

Even though some parents put their little ones in booster seats while in the car, they don always require them to use one when they are carpooling with other kids that according to a new survey published in this week journal Pediatrics.

The research, conducted by the University of Michigan, found more than 30% of parents do not enforce the rule of booster seats when their kids are with another driver. Investigators also found 45% of parents do not require their little ones to use a booster when they driving other children who don have booster seats.

majority of parents reported that their children between the ages of four and eight use a safety seat when riding in the family car, says Dr. Mott Children Hospital. it alarming to know that close to 70% of parents carpool, and when they do, they often failing to use life saving booster seats.

Researchers believe car overcrowding and lack of time to coordinate booster seat switch offs are to blame for the lack of safety for kids in carpooling situations. Some parents seem to look the other way. But it against the law, and many don't understand that.

"If parents don't have a booster seat for a child under eight, it's not safe," stressed Macy. "We realize life happens and things come up, but parents know they need to go by the laws or come up with options that are just as safe."

Most states require children to use a booster seat up to the age of eight. National recommendations encourage booster seats be used until a child grows to 57 inches, which is the average height of an 11 year old, according to the study. Researchers also noted half of parents surveyed said they did not know the age limit on booster seats in their states and another 20 percent guessed incorrectly.

to current recommendations most children should be using booster seats beyond the age cited in state laws. As many parents may not even be aware of current booster seat recommendations, pediatricians should make it a priority to share this vital information with them, says Macy.

By the requirements mentioned I would have been in high school before I should have been allowed to ride in a car without a booster seat. Think this might be getting a bit absurd? I can totally understand why someone who is probably driving your children to play a violent team sport might not want to spend the extra 30 minutes or so waiting for you to remove the seat from your car, install it in theirs, and then do the whole thing over again in 2 hours. Just like ABS and airbags, if it was really that vital to have children placed in a way that the seat belt hits the correct areas of their bodies auto makers couldn work out an adjustable belt.

January 30, 2012 at 10:42

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Children under 13 years old are to be transported in the back seat where it is practical to do so.

Children up to their 8th birthday, unless they are 4 tall (which ever comes first), must use a child restraint. The restraint system must be used correctly according to the car seat AND vehicle manufacturer instructions.

Vehicles equipped with lap only seat belts are exempt from the requirement to use a booster seat for a child weighing more than 40 pounds.

Children 8 years of age or at least 4 who wear a seat belt MUST use it correctly (never under the arm or behind the back) or continue to use a child restraint.

January 31, 2012 at 05:12

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At 59 I DID have to use a booster seat to learn to drive in high school. The instructor refused to allow me to drive until he had ordered and received a special booster seat which allowed me to safely reach the pedals and steering wheel. Parents and adults must realize these laws and recommendations are in place to ensure the safety of children. I often tell my kiddos who inherited their mom wholesale fashion jewelry bracelets small stature, cares what think. If you dead, you won be able to think at all. I rather have you around for awhile. this kind of wildly unrealistic idiocy that makes people ignore completely the promulgators of such recommendations. Getting an 11 year old into a baby seat? Good luck with that. And don protest copy hermes bag price list that it not really a seat. Your opinion doesn matter the opinion of the humiliated 11 year old that matters. It the opinion of the daughter of some Asian friends of mine who, at 13, may not yet be 57 inches tall. You going to try to make a girl who starting high school next year ride in a baby seat? Yeah, right.

January 30, 2012 at 10:45

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In most states the law is a certain height or a certain age, whichever comes first. So if you hit the required age first, then you can skip the booster seat even if you don meet the height requirement, same goes if you hit the height first. The way it going, my daughter will hit the height before she does the age.

The issue is how the seatbelt goes across you if you under a certain height. They should just make those adjusters required on shoulder straps and then you can adjust it according to your height. That would fix the problem and is exactly what is recommended for those who are over the legal age, but not the height.

January 31, 2012 at 05:52

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An 11 year old would not feel humiliated if it weren for you making it sound that it is humiliating to be in a seat The little back less boosters are not even visible from outside the car! Why would they feel humiliated?

And guess what! My mom learned to drive in a country that did not even have the concept of a car seat at the time. imitation black and gold hermes bracelet But she is tiny and felt uncomfortable with the poor positioning of the seatbelt and she felt she could not properly see either, so she was copy black and gold hermes bracelet actually adding a firm pillow on the seat under her! That is how she showed up for her driving test! That is how she continued driving until she got a new car that was more comfortable. I found it funny, but nobody actually made fun of her for that!

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