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Cart users risk injury to kids in car seatsTue, 07/10/2007 - 3:49pm
By: Letters to the ...
Over the past (approximately) one month period, the Peachtree City Fire Department has had the sad responsibility of airlifting four patients ejected from golf carts due to varying degrees of inattention, reckless behavior and lack of familiarity with the law. Please know that there are no golf cart or children’s car seat manufacturers who advocate the use of or installation of child automobile safety seats in a golf cart and, be assured, your experts, the fire department, agree whole-heartedly with the industry stated position. Please note the fact that golf carts are not designed with rollover protection or with the necessary hard points to safely and adequately secure a car seat. You place yourself and your passengers in serious, potential danger, if you disregard these factors. A cart in any position other than upright, due to speed, collision or other operator errors, offers little or no safe haven to an occupant. Please don’t ask our state-certified car seat technicians to imperil your loved ones with assistance installing inadequate and inappropriately rigged bungee cords and cargo straps. Would you purchase a 50-inch big screen television from our local Best Buy, hastily fasten it to the rear of your cart and then drive it to your home at high speed? We routinely witness the equivalent with the far, far more precious human cargo. Please think about the possible consequences of your actions. Les Dyer, firefighter/EMT President, Peachtree City Volunteer Firefighters Association Peachtree City, Ga. login to post comments |