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Babies: 6 - 9 Months
Reason #232324 to not take your kid out of their dang car seat
This was posted on 9-12. It's a follow-up story, but you still get the background. Kid was hungry and screaming, dad took kid out to hold her on his lap and feed her a snack, drunk driver hit car and baby died.
I feel sad for the family. They've paid the ultimate price for a poor decision. I know we don't know for sure the baby would have survived in the car seat but I'm thinking her chances would have been better.
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Re: Reason #232324 to not take your kid out of their dang car seat
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See this is the sh!t that runs through my head when I even think of taking her out of her seat or doing something that could be a bad idea. Is how could I live with myself if that happened knowing I could have just pulled over.
That girl who posted on 3-6 a few weeks ago saying that she took her kid out of the car needs to read this.
How sad for that family.
This is just so sad. I can't imagine how the parents must feel.
We almost got rear ended a few weeks ago (when the ladies car finally stopped her front bumper was at my drivers side door so it would have been bad) and I had to go home instead of finishing running errands because I couldn't stop thinking "what if" and was so upset. I hate listening to E cry but her safety is much more important than her being upset for a little while until we can pull over.
That is a terrible thing that happened. I am sure those parents will always live with what if. But it does not matter how many tragedies there are some people will always take their children out of their car seat, some people will turn car seats around before 1 year and some people will let their children ride in the front seat before they are big/old enough.
I am glad that they found sympathy with the parents and they will not be charged with anything. But I am very interested to see where the case against the drunk driver goes. I wonder if he will be found guilty of homicide. He is guilty of a DUI and the accident but is he really guilty of her death? If the parents had not endangered their child he may not have been able to kill her.
What is even more sad is that they drive a minivan. If the boys get fussy, we pull over and I get in the back row (they sit in the 2nd row). That way, I can feed them or play with them or soothe them without them leaving their seats.
All around, this is a horrible, sad story.
That's a can of worms I don't even want to think about. What a mess. If his lawyer is any good, he'll argue that point.
I feel horrible for that family.
This is reinforcement why some things you just. can't. do.
My #1 fear is something happening to my LO that my own poor decision making or negligence made worse.
I am sure he will be just because he was drunk. But if a sober person did the same thing the outcome would be different.
I knew a person who drove home under the influence and hit a kid who can out into the road on a skateboard. Witnesses said that there was nothing the driver could have done. The kid jumped out in front of the car. Even a sober person would have hit the kid but the guy was still charged with homicide because he was drunk.
I almost got a ticket because I won't take K out of her seat while moving. I was driving in a city I don't know, she was screaming, I saw a parking lot right on a corner (side entrance) and pulled in so I could feed her. 1/2 hour later, I pulled out of the parking lot and the car on the main street let me in... then put on the blue lights. Apparently, it was a one-way but because the lot entrance was about 8 feet from the corner (and I never saw a sign), I didn't realize. I explained what happened and he let me go.
I'd rather have a dozen tickets than risk her getting hurt by taking her out.
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