Middle seat - bolting a child in.

honolulujoe said:

I can remember front belts being made compulsory, don't recall there being rear belts in cars in those days.

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1967, compulsory front fitting.
1984, compulsory front wearing.
1986, compulsory rear fitting.
1989, compulsory rear wearing for kids.
1991, compulsory rear wearing for adults.

My parents always insisted on them being worn in the front, before it became law, but the back was fair game - I remember a trip, must've been 1975 or so, from Grantham to Sheffield, kicking about in the back of the parental Maxi, back seats folded, with my brother and I being used as padding for a twin-tub washing machine... which leaked everywhere...

didn't realise compulsory front wearing was that late, I was driving by then, I must be remembering compulsory fitting.

I remember the clunk click every trip campaign fronted by the now infamous ex radio 1 dj

i have fitted a ISofix bracket to the centre seat on my series 3 - its bolted through the back of the Tub and through the bracket for spare wheel so its not going to move....
i only use it with the seat fitted around the farm or local lanes - she loves it - not sure on legalities but its totally worth it to see her pointing and laughing at animals through the front window round the fields..

TooMany2cvs said:

Blackstrat - I'll bet the only reason you get out of bed in a morning is because such a high proportion of people die in bed.

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tosser

blackstrat said:

Yeh you're right your hobby is more important and rollovers only happen off road..

..the newer Defenders are bound to be much stronger anyway so no point worrying..

..best rule of thumb is that if you got away with doing dangerous stuff as a kid then it fine, your family are bound to understand.

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Blimey, just seen your signature. Surprised you've knowingly bought so many dangerous vehicles.

Let's keep it in proportion though, in the grand scheme of the various dangers in life, there are far more dangerous things you can do. As a parent you give your kids shoulder rides and piggy backs when they're little - but you don't put helmets on them in case you trip up / fall over, or even refuse to give them at all. Don't get me wrong, I think it's important that everyone is made aware of the potential risks but perspective is necessary.

Land Raver said:

Blimey, just seen your signature. Surprised you've knowingly bought so many dangerous vehicles.

Let's keep it in proportion though, in the grand scheme of the various dangers in life, there are far more dangerous things you can do. As a parent you give your kids shoulder rides and piggy backs when they're little - but you don't put helmets on them in case you trip up / fall over, or even refuse to give them at all. Don't get me wrong, I think it's important that everyone is made aware of the potential risks but perspective is necessary.

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three 90s and a 109 so four in total and none had kids in

don't need to take things out of context or compare unrelated dangerous situations to justify what you want to do to me the facts are clear it's up to you now

Land Raver said:

Don't get me wrong, I think it's important that everyone is made aware of the potential risks but perspective is necessary.

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Also driving very defensively and not like a t***.
This is easy in an S3...... it barely moves compared to my Volvo V70 T5 with Isofix mountings....