OMG I do not believe what parent did...

[donnagwynne]

....she has just picked up lo from my house, and put her into the front passenger seat of the car, with a normal seat belt on.

She has a perfectly good car seat strapped securely into the back seat. I know that she only has a few streets to drive but..............OMG

Is it just me or does anyone else find this irresponsible???????

SHE IS 18 MONTHS OLD

[charleyfarley]

My parents did this the other week and only told me afterwards, I was astonished.

The car seat wasn't fastened and dad couldn't do it for some reason so just put on the normal seat with seatbelt on, worse still it's a works van.

Why didn't he come and ask me to fit it?

People really amaze me, I see it all the time at the school, even children not having a seatbelt at all let alone a car seat

Carol xx

[flora]

As I 've previously posted. One of mine does this ALL the time.

She drives a taxi so the lo goes in the front and her brother in the back, both using just the adult seatbelt. And the other set, have seats in the back and don't use them

I have tried saying something,but at the end of the day it is up to her

[sarah707]

How totally irresponsible

[Lisa-4boys]

Yes this really does get my pip!
Even our dog (R.i.p) wore his seat belt!

Bet if you did this with there lo they would be outraged!!

[LOOPYLISA]

My sil came to pick up my neice last week shes a taxi driver, she only went and put her on the pull down rest bit in the back! her reason was she came straight from a job and didnt have time to get her car with the seat in it !

shes 20 mths

[wendywu]

This is breaking the law though

[Rubybubbles]

this is something that truely grates me big time, how would she forgive herself if anything god forbid happened

[LOOPYLISA]

This is breaking the law though

I know it makes me so mad

[Pipsqueak]

I would get some information - relating of course to your current/up and coming car and road safety theme - and give out some leaflets to parents about in car safety

http://roadsafetyweek.org.uk/index.php?p=311

http://www.hampshire.gov.uk/shop/pro...73&page=1&js=n

http://www.aap.org/family/carseatguide.htm

http://www.childcarseats.org.uk/

Do some printing and give 'em some statistics along with it!!! And smile sweetly

[foxy lady]

I would get some information - relating of course to your current/up and coming car and road safety theme - and give out some leaflets to parents about in car safety

http://roadsafetyweek.org.uk/index.php?p=311

http://www.hampshire.gov.uk/shop/pro...73&page=1&js=n

http://www.aap.org/family/carseatguide.htm

http://www.childcarseats.org.uk/

Do some printing and give 'em some statistics along with it!!! And smile sweetly

yey this is a really good idea do this

[Annie_T]

omg thtas against the law .. if she was seen by police she would be pulled over told off and fined .. points are possible too

doesnt matter how far she has or not - she could crash - poor ickle one

i agree with you hun grrr some ppl x

[Mollymop]

Gosh how bad is that! Makes me feel worried!

[katickles]

I can't understand some parents

[donnagwynne]

Yet she must know all of this, she has perfectly good car seats on the back seat!!!!!!

Donna

[manjay]

Yes it is a pain strapping kid in their car seats but it has to be done.

I have to say tho I remember when I was a kid and I sat in the boot (we did have an estate). But you didn't need to wear a seatbelt in those days. OMG I am old.

My mindees think it is a real treat to sit in the "boot". Last night one of them shouted at the top of his voice "Amanda are you going to put me in the boot tonight?" I got some really strange looks at school. they obviously thought this poor child was going to be bundled into the boot of a normal car and not sat in luxury in one of the rear seats of my Galaxy

Not using car seats makes me soooo cross. Tonight dh called at school to pick us up after I had walked in the rain. Typical man had not put the correct car seats in so me and mindees walked. I also hate to see loads of children packed into the back of a car just because their mums are too lazy to walk the 10 mins or so home from school

[yummymummy]

If we were to do this and the parent found out can you imagine what they would say/do?
I cannot believe that anybody would do something as irresponsible as this. Another thing that really makes me cross is when people let children seatbelt share in cars, do they not realise the consequences if there was an accident never mind the insurance being invalidated.

[emler]

OMG that reallt makes me mad Its complete laziness on the parents part.

[lolatallulah]

It's not until you begin looking after other peoples children that you realize how slapdash some people are about their kids.
Some of the parents of the children i have minded over the years, who i get on great with and are perfectly respectable people, have left me astonished at times.
C/minding really opens your eyes to just how different our values can be!

[miss muffit]

I have one of my parents that let the little girl whos just 5 sit in the front of

the car without putting a seat belt on her, it makes me

but, what can you do, its their child