[DMCForum] Re: Child Car Seats In A Delorean

["wannadelorean" <mcquinlan@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes, I noticed that too.  The caption says it is in the UK.  I'm not 
sure what their laws require.

--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, DMCVIN6683 <dmcvin6683@xxxx> wrote:
> Also that kid is too small to be facing forward, the rule is 
either 
> 40lbs or one year old to face forward and that kid is not either 
one.
> 
> Mark V
> 
> 
> On Sunday, July 25, 2004, at 08:56  PM, wannadelorean wrote:
> 
> > Well, I was not asking because I intended on duct taping my kid 
and
> > his seat in the back.  I was asking because I'd seen a picture 
and
> > wondered how this was done and if it is an available system 
(Safe).
> > I don't see how you can dismiss this as dangerous or illegal if
> > there is a system in existence.
> >
> > Here is a pic:
> > http://www.entermyworld.com/custom/efset2.html
> >
> > But your reply is so typical of people these days who believe 
that
> > laws are passed to protect us.  For the most part that is just a
> > load of crap.
> >
> > How is it that you and I have to go to expense and trouble of 
having
> > car seats when kids ride on a school bus (or any mass transit for
> > that matter) every day with not even a seat belt.  Car seats do 
save
> > lives but the reason they are required by law has more to do with
> > political lobbying than rational thinking.  So the fact that
> > something is "illegal" doesn't immediately make it a bad idea.
> >
> > A good example of stupid laws that are meant to protect us:  
Safety
> > fences around swimming pools.  There is a lady in Florida who is
> > trying to make these mandatory for everyone in the U.S. who owns 
a
> > pool.  She was already successful in getting the law passed in
> > Florida for all new construction.  Funny thing is, more kids die 
in
> > toilets than pools.  250 children a year die in swimming pool
> > drowning.  Is it really rational to make 10's of millions of pool
> > owners spend thousands of dollars each to protect 250 children?
> >
> > A Likely senario is that a person who doesn't watch their kid 
around
> > the pool probably will be too lazy to take the fence down and 
put it
> > back up every time they use the pool.  As with car seats they 
only
> > work when properly used.  Most people don't use them properly
> > anyway.  Auto accidents are still the #1 killer of children.
> >
> > If you really wanted to save children you'd put a fence around 
your
> > toilet, ban the manufacturing of 5 gal buckets and make riding in
> > cars illegal for children.  (Many children who are involved in
> > serious accidents die regardless of the seat.  Forces in a crash 
do
> > serious brain and cord damage and no seat can prevent this).
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "ryanpwright" <yahoo1@xxxx> 
wrote:
> >> --- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "wannadelorean" 
<mcquinlan@xxxx>
> > wrote:
> >>> Anyone ever seen a child car seat put in the read of a 
Delorean?
> >>
> >> Do you mean the rear of a DeLorean? Like the back shelf?
> >>
> >> Dangerous and illegal. Don't do it.
> >>
> >> -Ryan
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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