Ridiculous question about baby seats...!

mqandy

Was chatting with a new parent last week about this, just remembered and thought I'd post:

He was apparently agonizing over which side of his car's back seat to place the baby seat...

" Are side-on crashes more likely from lane merges and junctions to the left, or roundabouts and crossroads from the right?? " OR

" In a worst case crash, would you more likely instinctivly swerve to save yourself, or best to sacrifice yourself to save OH and DS on passenger side? " etc.

Lol He knows how ridiculous the questions are, but had def been thinking hard about them!

I guess I'm more interested in whether anyone else thinks like this, rather than actual answers to the questions...

Js_Other_Half

I did wonder which was the safer side when DS was small; I don't think I ever got a definite answer. Now he's 3, I have him in a seat behind the passenger side - simply because it's safer for a child to get out onto the pavement rather than the road.

atwitsend_2

I heard people say that the safest is behind the lightest person :S I have no idea of the theory behind that though!

Proc

mqandy wrote: »

Was chatting with a new parent last week about this, just remembered and thought I'd post:

He was apparently agonizing over which side of his car's back seat to place the baby seat...

" Are side-on crashes more likely from lane merges and junctions to the left, or roundabouts and crossroads from the right?? " OR

The safest would be to avoid these instances by not pulling out in front of people.

hermanmunster_3

sounds like he needs to push a pram for a few years....

dieselhead

I really don't think that his question was ridiculous, I'm not a parent but surely you are going to think about the safest place for the most important little person in the world to you!

mqandy

Well yeah, I understand the asking. But it must make such a tiny difference if anything!

Js_Other_Half makes a point I hadn't even thought of - even if behind the driver was safest, you're probably still far better off getting them in and out of a car from the pavement!

keys_2

I would say behind the passenger seat , which would aid him not to crash more . As he can take a glimpse round to see little one is okay . Whereas if little one was placed behind him driving he would have to turn his full body whilst driving to look at child when not using the mirror { therefore } no eyes on the road .

In general the obvious would be the side nearest the pavement

lindseykim13

When i just had the 1 we put him behind the drivers seat for a couple of reasons 1.in the case of an accident i knew we'd both be on the same side so swerve acordingly.
2. i could see him in the mirror.

now i have 3 kids so cars full!

pavement i think makes no difference depends which side of road you park on, if you reverse into a parking spot etc I always aim to get the baby out of the pavement side but depends on the parking spot.

sneezyboots

lindseykim13 wrote: »

pavement i think makes no difference depends which side of road you park on, if you reverse into a parking spot etc I always aim to get the baby out of the pavement side but depends on the parking spot.

it is illegal to park facing against the flow of traffic so if you want to get baby out pavement side you need to put baby behind passenger seat

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/TravelAndTransport/Highwaycode/DG_069860

shellsuit

dieselhead wrote: »

I really don't think that his question was ridiculous, I'm not a parent but surely you are going to think about the safest place for the most important little person in the world to you!

My thoughts exactly!