Why you should use 5 point restraint car seat

[Spidey]

A typical car's seats just aren't designed for someone that small, so they should do something about it if they care about their own safety.

I dont think its about safety, its about how do you do it. Sure you can have on in your own car for example. But are these allowed in the drivers seat for example.

And two, would u take your "booster" seat everywhere you go, on trips, in cabs, etc. You arent always riding in your own car, getting rides from friend, taking cabs, etc

[Kranberry]

But then you have the young kids that are above the limits allowed. Not everywhere mind you, but I have seen some big kids at a younger age that are beyond the car seat limits, but according to their age they should be in them.

Of course then I see the parents on the highway were the kids are walking around in the van, standing up, etc. Not belted in at all.

i try to keep my kids in seats on the time, but my one car doesnt have car seats in it because its for my business, but occasionaly I will pick them up somewhere and go home with no seats.

My youngest is 5 and oldest is 10, and I rarely do it. But sometimes you have to unfortunatly

That is your perogative and I can't force you to buy extra seats. We all live with the choices we make. Again I reiterate that the point of this is not to force something on to anyone, but to work with what we have to, and that is to purchase a car seat for a young one. Why not take into account that some 5 point restraint car seats can keep a child safer up to 48lbs rather than just shove him in a booster seat.

Age is only one criteria, height and weight are taken into account as well. I'm sure if height and weight are well beyond the seat requirements, that age would not be a factor and the law would take that into account. Of course I'm not a lawyer or an enforcement officer so I don't know. To me it's common sense.

Nice thing about the Radian seat is that it folds up and can be carried. So if you know that you are going to pick them up in your business car then you can carry it. Not saying that this is always going to be the case.

[sdm242]

Since it was a seat belt latch issue, if the car seat was fasten to the car via the seat belt, the car seat would've flown out of the car.

If you're using a 5-point restraint (and not a booster), then the carseat is fastened by ways OTHER than the seatbelt. It will use a tether strap as well as either the seatbelt or latch system.

[Topher]

That video was hard to watch. My wife and I have a car seat and a booster in each car. (5 yr old and 7.5 yr old). I, of course, will be checking both cars to ensure that the seats are up to standard. Both of them do have the top tether, though. I remember because it was a real pain to install, so I haven't bothered to take them out yet, and I'm in no hurry to do so after this video.