tmwsccsh
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- Sep 8, 2012
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- Location
- Letchworth, Hertfordshire
- Car
- 1998 CL420, 1994 Ford Mustang Convertible
All,
Firstly, a quick hello as this is my first post having picked up my first SL today - I didn't do it by halves either - SL500 on an M plate. Very nice too...
But we have instantly spotted a problem, and apologies if this has been covered off many times in the past. We have a 4-year old child and will occasionally need to carry him around with us too - the main car is a Jaguar X-Type (can I say that here???) which takes a child seat with no problem at all. We also have a small booster seat (the sit-on, rather than in kind) and this was put into the back of the car so he could come along too. Or so we thought - it kind-of went a bit wrong...
The booster seat, although only about 4-5 inches in height, puts him too far up in the car and he sits up just too much. Also, with the rear seatbelts being just the lap kind they don't offer much support and when I took a roundabout a little too sharply, he fell over, so this was not good.
So some questions have now arisen that I have tried to Google but lost interest very quickly looking for the responses as I am sure that I can't be the only one in this situation:-
1) As the rear seats in the R129 are classed as "child seats" in the car, do we actually need to use a booster seat / child seat?
2) If a booster seat / child seat is required has anyone found one that is compatible with just a lap belt to hold it in place and also one that is shallow enough to not put them waaay up high in the back?
3) If 1 and 2 above do have to apply, how do you stop them falling out if the seat used for the child has no additional harness?
I have already found QuickFit SBS in Stanmore (who are close to me) that can fit a 3-point seatbelt to be back so that may be a possible answer, but this still doesn't help with the height of the base of the booster / child seats.
So any advice and guidance on the legalities greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance to all.
Regards
Tim Watts
Firstly, a quick hello as this is my first post having picked up my first SL today - I didn't do it by halves either - SL500 on an M plate. Very nice too...
But we have instantly spotted a problem, and apologies if this has been covered off many times in the past. We have a 4-year old child and will occasionally need to carry him around with us too - the main car is a Jaguar X-Type (can I say that here???) which takes a child seat with no problem at all. We also have a small booster seat (the sit-on, rather than in kind) and this was put into the back of the car so he could come along too. Or so we thought - it kind-of went a bit wrong...
The booster seat, although only about 4-5 inches in height, puts him too far up in the car and he sits up just too much. Also, with the rear seatbelts being just the lap kind they don't offer much support and when I took a roundabout a little too sharply, he fell over, so this was not good.
So some questions have now arisen that I have tried to Google but lost interest very quickly looking for the responses as I am sure that I can't be the only one in this situation:-
1) As the rear seats in the R129 are classed as "child seats" in the car, do we actually need to use a booster seat / child seat?
2) If a booster seat / child seat is required has anyone found one that is compatible with just a lap belt to hold it in place and also one that is shallow enough to not put them waaay up high in the back?
3) If 1 and 2 above do have to apply, how do you stop them falling out if the seat used for the child has no additional harness?
I have already found QuickFit SBS in Stanmore (who are close to me) that can fit a 3-point seatbelt to be back so that may be a possible answer, but this still doesn't help with the height of the base of the booster / child seats.
So any advice and guidance on the legalities greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance to all.
Regards
Tim Watts