geoff@desint.UUCP (Geoff Kuenning) (11/13/84)
I am something of a safety nut. You will not catch me in my car without my seat belt on, and I apply the same rule to my occasional underage passengers. But I have encountered a problem with returning late at night: no matter what you do to try to prevent it (not that I would), the kid is going to fall asleep. The one I usually transport, Alyssa, then falls sideways in the carseat so that either her neck or her abdomen (depending on which side she falls to) is going to bear the brunt of stopping her body with the shoulder strap in an accident. Either would kill her. But if I recline the seat enough to prevent this, she will slide right under both the lap and shoulder straps in an accident, and the belt will decapitate her in a most gruesome fashion. I can lay her down in the back seat, but then it is almost impossible to find a reasonable way to strap her in (I have "choker" seat belts in the back). Does anybody have a solution to this problem? Is there a car sleeper available for larger kids? (Alyssa is now 5). -- Geoff Kuenning First Systems Corporation ...!ihnp4!trwrb!desint!geoff