Baby Car Seat install

The_Burban said:

First time parent?

It is why I said second row. Stupid to fish a kid out of the back row every trip. Also, by putting them in the very rear you are working contrary to the notion of protecting the child, the same reasoning they do not sit up front in the first row.

Also, it goes against the very idea of placing the child in the center and closest to the center of mass for the most part.

Place them in the rear to protect them from the typical head and rear end strikes.

Place them in the center to protect them from side intrusion. Also, by being closer to the CM you are giving them a better shot of experiencing less rotational accelerations.

Now the way the seats fold, you may want the kid in the 40 to have the 60. Or need to say keep kid in center on the 60, and rear is only open via the 40.

If you have multiple kids, put your favorite in the middle.

Life is dangerous. Driving or being in a car adds more risk. Limit those risks as much as possible. The advice above is universal and address the game of numbers.

LATCH is a replacement and perhaps even improvement over belting in the car seat. LATCH tends to be attached to the seat. Three point belts tend to be attached to the frame. Not always true (GMT800s with the belts in the seat up front like a rear seat of a GMT900).

GM isn't in the business of placing car seats. They meet what standards there are and that's all. By telling you out kid in this spot, they can assume some responsibility. They won't do that. It is up to you. Thank the lawyers.

Car seats have really been a rather new idea over the last twenty years. You may have grown up riding in the back with no belts.. older parents may recall placing children on the floor board, or road trips sitting in the cargo area of the station wagon with the rear facing seats... Or even cars with no belts or where the belts were a priced option.

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BG1988 said:

no my sister is having a child chances are i will be taking her and the child around, as her and her husband , they both work (schedule conflict )

it's not safe for her to drive with the child she does not have enough driving experience to do so
and she wants a SUV as her first car you have to work your way up to the SUV

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Danny3737 said:

Call your local fire department. They will direct you to the closest place to have your seat properly installed. I had a towel under my seat originally and was told it was not safe. At that point I had 3 kids under 3 years old and had 3 car seats installed in the second row. The install was done by sheriff’s deputies and the fire department. It’s your child, so make sure it is done correctly. These people are trained to make sure it is done correctly. In the event of any accident, the seats should be replaced, even if they look ok.

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iamdub said:

It's great that you want to be sure they're strapped in as safely as possible. You never know what may happen next time you roll through an intersection because of the bad brakes.

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Danny3737 said:

The problem is usually the other guy. I had all 3 kids in my 99 Suburban when I was slammed in to by a Sequoia. I had 2 rear facing seats and 1 forward facing. I had a 3 year old and 6 month premie twins at the time. Luckily everyone was safe. My suburban suffered minor damages, but the sequoia was totaled

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iamdub said:

But when you have mechanical issues with almost every major system in your vehicle, including brakes that don't stop you BEFORE you enter the intersection (Have you read this guy's other posts?), chances are that YOU will be "the other guy."

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iamdub said:

But when you have mechanical issues with almost every major system in your vehicle, including brakes that don't stop you BEFORE you enter the intersection (Have you read this guy's other posts?), chances are that YOU will be "the other guy."

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