Anonymous
Post 11/09/2025 16:17     Subject: Car seats rules
Anonymous wrote:For those of you who don’t think they’re necessary I’m assuming you’ve never been in a higher impact collusion or rollover accident. If you had with a child in the car you might not be so flippant.
Putting a kid in a booster too small for an adult seat belt is not bubble wrapping your kid. It’s common sense.

OP you can only control whats in your car or what your kid does. Have some boosters in your car for other kids and send one with yours if the other person doesnt provide. I did this.


Others may not use the booster. Be the driver and if a child refuses one, don't drive them.
Anonymous
Post 11/09/2025 16:13     Subject: Car seats rules
A woman died today ( Sunday) in a rollover accident in Silver Spring. When she woke up today she didn’t plan on dying in a car accident. When she got in her car she didn’t plan on dying in a car accident.
You never know what’s going to happen. Protect your kids every time they get in a car.
Anonymous
Post 11/09/2025 16:09     Subject: Car seats rules
People are so weird, the US has the sad distinction of being #1 in car accidents in the west, too many careless drivers. Why in the world wouldn’t you use something as simple as a booster seat which could save the LIFE of your child. It’s not a bubble it’s basic common sense, and being a responsible parent.
Anonymous
Post 11/09/2025 15:10     Subject: Car seats rules
OP as I said before do what is right for your family. Sounds like that means don't carpool. Not having your kid ride without proper safety equipment, not trying to wrangle other kids onto boosters you buy and they fight because they don't use them with parents. That fiighting will just make your kid unpopular.
Anonymous
Post 11/09/2025 15:07     Subject: Re:Car seats rules
My sister still has her 10yo in a 5 point harness. It might seem crazy but she is small and niece doesn’t really care either.
Anonymous
Post 11/09/2025 13:56     Subject: Car seats rules
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Pretty sure it’s the law to be in a booster seat until 8. But plenty of people do whatever they want. I live in a mixed socioeconomic area which may contribute, but I see very young kids, toddlers in cars without any car seats, or in the front seat, or sitting on top of other kids packed with 3+ other kids all in the back seat. I don’t think cops do anything about it unless you get pulled over for something else and they notice


It's a racist law, and it's also designed to financially hurt poorer people as well.


How? A booster seat is less than $20.
Anonymous
Post 11/09/2025 11:17     Subject: Car seats rules
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Car seats after 3-4 years old is just ridiculous nonsense and borderline insane behavior.


No, no car seat is insane.


Do you bubble wrap them up also? Good lord, the mental health issues some parents cause their kids with all their OCD anxiety safety crap, will come back to haunt them.

Rules aside, you can kind of see it with your own eyes that small children will have belts run across their necks and booster makes sense till they are a bit taller.
Anonymous
Post 11/09/2025 01:10     Subject: Car seats rules
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Car seats after 3-4 years old is just ridiculous nonsense and borderline insane behavior.


No, no car seat is insane.


Do you bubble wrap them up also? Good lord, the mental health issues some parents cause their kids with all their OCD anxiety safety crap, will come back to haunt them.


Not as haunted as the parents of kids who are horribly injured or killed in car accidents, I absolutely promise.
Anonymous
Post 11/08/2025 23:45     Subject: Car seats rules
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Car seats after 3-4 years old is just ridiculous nonsense and borderline insane behavior.


^ This person is bad at physics.

OP, it's not legal but also nobody is ticketing this. You can make your own kid use the appropriate seat and you can require appropriate seats for anybody you're driving in your car. This may mean you don't carpool.


Drive carefully leadfoot momma. The world doesn't run on your schedule, so allow more time for slower and safer driving and your kids won't need to be ensconced in a ridiculous roll cage safety seat.


No matter how carefully you drive, somebody else can always t-bone you. That's why we wear seat belts.

Seat belts don't fit little kids correctly. In some crashes, they can and have caused fatal internal damage. That's why we have car seats and boosters up until a certain height and weight.
Anonymous
Post 11/08/2025 23:11     Subject: Car seats rules
Anonymous wrote:Pretty sure it’s the law to be in a booster seat until 8. But plenty of people do whatever they want. I live in a mixed socioeconomic area which may contribute, but I see very young kids, toddlers in cars without any car seats, or in the front seat, or sitting on top of other kids packed with 3+ other kids all in the back seat. I don’t think cops do anything about it unless you get pulled over for something else and they notice


It's a racist law, and it's also designed to financially hurt poorer people as well.
Anonymous
Post 11/08/2025 21:22     Subject: Car seats rules
For those of you who don’t think they’re necessary I’m assuming you’ve never been in a higher impact collusion or rollover accident. If you had with a child in the car you might not be so flippant.
Putting a kid in a booster too small for an adult seat belt is not bubble wrapping your kid. It’s common sense.

OP you can only control whats in your car or what your kid does. Have some boosters in your car for other kids and send one with yours if the other person doesnt provide. I did this.
Anonymous
Post 11/08/2025 20:34     Subject: Car seats rules
I have a 9 and a 6 year old. Still night back boosters in the car. The oldest is barely 50lbs. I do not need someone to plow into us and her have a damaged spine or worse. It's just basic safety. My kids have not complained.
Anonymous
Post 11/08/2025 20:14     Subject: Car seats rules
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Car seats after 3-4 years old is just ridiculous nonsense and borderline insane behavior.


No, no car seat is insane.


Do you bubble wrap them up also? Good lord, the mental health issues some parents cause their kids with all their OCD anxiety safety crap, will come back to haunt them.


Good practice is not mental health. You are having mental health issues if you don't udnerstand how accidents can happen and a seat belt is not enough.
Anonymous
Post 11/08/2025 20:07     Subject: Car seats rules
Pretty sure it’s the law to be in a booster seat until 8. But plenty of people do whatever they want. I live in a mixed socioeconomic area which may contribute, but I see very young kids, toddlers in cars without any car seats, or in the front seat, or sitting on top of other kids packed with 3+ other kids all in the back seat. I don’t think cops do anything about it unless you get pulled over for something else and they notice
Anonymous
Post 11/08/2025 19:36     Subject: Car seats rules
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Car seats after 3-4 years old is just ridiculous nonsense and borderline insane behavior.


^ This person is bad at physics.

OP, it's not legal but also nobody is ticketing this. You can make your own kid use the appropriate seat and you can require appropriate seats for anybody you're driving in your car. This may mean you don't carpool.


Drive carefully leadfoot momma. The world doesn't run on your schedule, so allow more time for slower and safer driving and your kids won't need to be ensconced in a ridiculous roll cage safety seat.