About damned time

I have attended a few accident scenes where children's bodies have been torn up when a proper seat would have left them shaken up, but alive and well. I see too many times a car go by with an unrestrained child bouncing on the front seat. These parents need a slap across the face.

"The regulations also mean all drivers, not just the parents of the child, will have to use child restraints."

And here I thought these restraints were just for children ...

"Booster seats reduce the risk of fatality by 71 %"

And how many fatalities do they reduce?

do parents need rules made up by the gov't to keep their kids safe? You think it would be common sense to use a proper booster seat to keep your kids safe. Or is this just another way to take more money out of the working persons pocket

too many rules not enough common sense???

I lucked out and bought a booster seat from a garage sale last year for five bucks. Pretty new and in excellent shape. ICBC checks them over for free for you.

You're such a responsible Mom, Heidi.

This regulation change is fine, but I notice there is a mention right away of fines and how much, and this follows hot on the heels of the seatbelt fine going up.

I expect that with the approach of the Olympics, we can look forward to seeing more in the way of fines and enforcement, fees, etc. The next thing will be making sure they are getting their pound of flesh for government campsites.

Beware of the pickpockets dressed in smart suits and ties.

My dad came from a family of 13 kids, our family was 6, and my family is just two kids. I guess it is all right if you only have a couple of kids, you can follow all the rules. Once the family gets to be about a dozen or so the rules are just impossible to keep up with.

Is this why families are so small now? To may rules and too expensive to raise more than a couple kids?

From the National Safety Belt Coalition - USA

"Does your child ride in the back seat? The back seat is generally the safest place in a crash. If your vehicle has a passenger air bag, it is essential for children 12 and under to ride in back."

So, any restrictions on where the child sits, especially in cars fitted with air bags? Air bags can do more injury than a minor crash, restrained or not.

Thanks t-man (giving you a shorter screen name lol) Plain and simple i'd die if anything happened to my kids especially because of something I should've done. I totally agree with this booster seat/seatbelt fine thing. In early dec.2004 I totalled my jeep.(10 days before Kevin died) A lady came out (t-boned her) on highway while I was driving along passed the randle road intersection (where they should have put the lights intersection by the way not at the silly Hart Wheel Inn) anyway my oldest daughter was in middle back seat as we had carseat bolted on the side seat. She only had lap belt on but was enough to keep her safe. My other two kids werent with me thank god. The airbag came out and got me under my jaw on right side of face. My head felt like it was going to explode but then heard my daughter crying and I snapped out of it and total pain disappeared....the power of the mother :) Now to this day I wake up all the time cracking my neck and back but find myself extremely lucky. Nothing makes me more mad when I see parents leaving the school parking lot with their kids bouncing around in the front seat. I guess people think it won't happen to them but then BAM one day it does. I say bring on the fines and if still people don't learn from it then raise it again.