Car and wife hit by another car!

flea72

cyclonebri1 wrote: »

You must admit there is a far far greater chance of being hit whilst spending minutes with you rear end waving about in traffic oblivious to whats happening around you than there is from doing the same from the safe side?

Also being a bit pedantic here, in the case you offer above, you would go through the rear window and not the windsceen, but you wouldn't as the front and rear head rests would offer protection;). Anyway thats nit picking, the 1st points the important one, keep it safe,;)

well ive been putting kids into my car with my backside in the road, for over 15yrs now, and have never been hit

however my car has been rear-ended twice whilst parked in the same spot

If a driver is oblivious to whats going on around them, then its always their fault if an accident occurs

Front and rear headrests offer no protection, spose you havent seen the adverts, where the rear passengers crush those in the front? and a small child, could just sail over the top (seeing as a child restraint raises them up above normal seat height)

What im saying is, its no safer to get into a car, without strapping your kids in first, espec if there are drivers around not paying attention

most people would assume that another road user, would be able to see an already open car door - and im sure watching out for people opening car doors where there is a row of parked cars, is something that is brought up as part of your driving test/instruction - i know i had to give a running commentary as i drove, about what dangers i could see, and what appropriate action i was taking

Flea

cyclonebri1

flea72 wrote: »

well ive been putting kids into my car with my backside in the road, for over 15yrs now, and have never been hit
Maybe you have a smaller than average backside;);)

however my car has been rear-ended twice whilst parked in the same spot
Maybe it's because the car spends alot more time parked than actually being loaded? Or maybe the other driver aimed to mis your rear end? It also goes to indicate how hazardous conditions can be during the school run?

If a driver is oblivious to whats going on around them, then its always their fault if an accident occurs
Exactly, when you are bent over loading the kids into the car how can you be anything but oblivious to whats happening in front or behind your car ?

Front and rear headrests offer no protection, spose you havent seen the adverts, where the rear passengers crush those in the front? and a small child, could just sail over the top (seeing as a child restraint raises them up above normal seat height)
Of course I've seen the adverts, they're very thought provoking. But the car in question there is moving forewards. The whole point seems lost on you. When you are stationary and get hit from the rear, effectively you go backwards not forwards, it's due to your inertia

What im saying is, its no safer to get into a car, without strapping your kids in first, espec if there are drivers around not paying attention
Rubbish, just ask yourself which side of the car is the safest to load from?
and the fact that there may, infact are, drivers around not paying attention is the reason for doing it correctly:wall::wall:

most people would assume that another road user, would be able to see an already open car door - and im sure watching out for people opening car doors where there is a row of parked cars, is something that is brought up as part of your driving test/instruction - i know i had to give a running commentary as i drove, about what dangers i could see, and what appropriate action i was taking
They also teach you never to assume anything and to drive defensively, difficult as that may seem to understand it also applies any time you are on the road, even walking/loading.

Flea

Quoting things like "I've been doing it this way for 15 years and never had a problem" is a bit like a 100/day smoker saying "Never did me any harm" :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

terryya

I wasn't trying to apportion blame, just say how I managed to strap two kids into a five door car without sticking my arris in the road!

On a slightly different note, one time when driving in the dark there was a car parked on the side of oncoming traffic with his headlights on. Because of this I'd already slowed down which is a good job as the door into the road was wide open but because of the lights invisible until you were literally on top of it!

I know it won't have been dark during the school run when the OP posted but something to think about.

flea72

cyclonebri1 wrote: »

Quoting things like "I've been doing it this way for 15 years and never had a problem" is a bit like a 100/day smoker saying "Never did me any harm" :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

and the fact youve never been hit, whilst strapping your kids in, from inside the car, could be viewed in the same way :rolleyes:

Flea

cyclonebri1

flea72 wrote: »

and the fact youve never been hit, whilst strapping your kids in, from inside the car, could be viewed in the same way :rolleyes:

Flea

Standing on the pavement I couldnt could I?

I'll ask you again, which way do you think is safest?

And because you seem to be having so much trouble with this, I'll give you a few clues;

Are you more likely to be hit when loading from the road?

Are your kids more lik...............................................?

Is your car more likely to be hit..................................?

Is someone else likely to damage their car when l..........?

Are you creating an unneccessary hazard by loading......?


It's a no brainer, but thats an issue for some folks