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stupid or fucking what

Why? did you fall off yours?

Human Booster seats? Never knew there was such a thing dave. Ace  :D

i can't believe a fucking 11 year old is not suitable to sit in the back of a bleedin' car.

The polystyrene hump things?

The new law is somewhat stupid, you have to sit in one until you are 11 or reach a certain height apparently

The law is there to stop children from getting killed.

Inconvenient perhaps...not stupid.

Just because its new doesnt mean its wrong

Yeovil, frankly most people will ignore it, alot of people will struggle to raise the money for these seats etc. and you can't just wrap the public in cotton wool.

My youngest brother is probably touch and go on height. I've now got to get a £145 car seat to sit him in to run him to his mates after he gets in from school. Fucking ridiculous.

Word on the web is you can just use a cushion Dave and it's not applicable "if the child is travelling a short distance for reason of unexpected necessity".

Tell him to walk. I'm sure the paedos lurking outside with a packet of sweets won't mind.

why don't they just make the seat belts in the backs of cars adjustable like they can the front ones when a short arss uses it.

There was a chap on Dragons Den tonight who had invented a simple adapter to do just that magic.

great minds and all that :wink:

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/0982276/Trail/C%24cip%3D42358.Toys%2Band%2Bbaby%3EC%24cip%3D42368.Baby%2Band%2Bnursery%2Bequipment%3EC%24cip%3D42373.Baby%2Band%2Btoddler%2Bcar%2Bseats.htm

Much cheaper and does the job ... if still legal?

If you're paying £145 I reckon you might be getting done. Can't you get them in woolworths or boots or somewhere for a tenner?

It sort of makes sense, seat belts don't work very well for kids under a certain height.

£145 is silly speak for someone who's not really thought about it very well.

You're looking at £10-20 quid from Argos to stop your brother from being seriously injured by his seatbelt in a serious accident.
If you really can't value your brother's health or life at more than £20 - then God help you.

taxi for dave  :D

......with a booster seat

Taxi's are exempt for the new laws.

And the rule hasn't been brought in for the sake of it.  As Yeovil says it's been introduced to make sure the insides of children are not crushed, causing fatalities, as is currently happening when involved in crashes.

does it apply to dwarves?

Dwarves yes, midgets no.

£8.99 for a basic one in Halfords...

This law is clearly midget-ist.  

So no-one wants kids dying but its fine for those poor midet folk to be ripped in half by a seatbelt is it?

Fucking labour. I blame the trade unions.

Of course it's fine. Midgets aren't real people.

I thought that was Elves (not Elvis).

Said on the news that this could save 10 lives a year. Could the money not be better spent elsewhere?

145 quid would be for a top of the range car seat/restraint which you need for very young kids; for an 11-year old you only need a booster seat, which you can get for about 10-20 quid.

I think it's the neck and abdominal injuries bit they're focussing on.
Should save about 2000 needless injuries to children a year (which will save the NHS time and money) (source: BBC News)

fair enough then

This booster seat thingy is just one aspect of a changed law. Other bits include:

- Children under 12 and less than 135cm tall may not travel in the front of a car without an appropriate seat or cushion, under any circumstances

- It becomes illegal to use a rear-facing baby seat in a front seat protected by an airbag

- Seated bus and coach passengers over the age of 14 must use seat belts where fitted

- From May 2009, all passengers in any vehicle will have to use an appropriate restraint (baby seat, child seat, booster seat/cushion) or seat belt, where seat belts are fitted

I dont know why the govewnment has to legislate on matters such as this.

Information should be made easily available and clear then people can make thier own decisions.

If parents dont want their children in booster seats then that should be their choice.

:shock:  An 11 year old with a booster seat, Poor lad will feel really embarrassed.

I know a lad that was almost as tall as me when he was 11. I was 24 :oops:

A booster seat probably helped save my life as a young lad. I was teensy as a child and had to have a booster seat in the car. My mum decided to put our XR3i backwards through a hedge into a field just outside Cirencester. I escaped with just cuts and bruises thanks to the seat.

I would rather be embarrassed than dead.

why has it taken until now to introduce this!?