acrossthepond
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- Aug 21, 2016
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Hello everyone,
We?ve joined the forums as we are beginning to plan an RV trip across the U.S. next year for a few months. We?ll be travelling from the U.K. with our 13 year old daughters and we?re hoping for some advice about rear seat safety.
We?ll be renting a C-class motorhome which we understand will have rear lap belts. We know these are not really safe so we?ve done some research and found two possible solutions.
The first is to get the girls these travel safety vests:
http://ezon.impactfulmedia.com/e-z-on-adjustable-103z-vest-for-the-family-vehicle/
They don?t look hard to install and they would require anchors for the connecting straps to work safely, but we don?t know where the anchors will be relative to the motorhome seats. Does anyone have experience using these safety vests? They look like a good solution, but any feedback or advice would be appreciated.
The second option is to get two of these seats:
http://www.adaptivemall.com/colcarseat1.html
These would obviously get around the lap belt only problem, they would probably be more convenient for the girls to hop in and out of, and they use a different anchoring system so wouldn?t need specific bolts near the motorhome seats.
We?ve found lots of great information on seatbelts on the forums and the various state laws and other rules which is really helpful. However, as we?ll be renting we don?t have the option (or know-how!) to install normal lap/shoulder seatbelts so these are ? at the moment ? the best solutions we can find.
If anyone has any thoughts, that would be great. Thank you very much!
We?ve joined the forums as we are beginning to plan an RV trip across the U.S. next year for a few months. We?ll be travelling from the U.K. with our 13 year old daughters and we?re hoping for some advice about rear seat safety.
We?ll be renting a C-class motorhome which we understand will have rear lap belts. We know these are not really safe so we?ve done some research and found two possible solutions.
The first is to get the girls these travel safety vests:
http://ezon.impactfulmedia.com/e-z-on-adjustable-103z-vest-for-the-family-vehicle/
They don?t look hard to install and they would require anchors for the connecting straps to work safely, but we don?t know where the anchors will be relative to the motorhome seats. Does anyone have experience using these safety vests? They look like a good solution, but any feedback or advice would be appreciated.
The second option is to get two of these seats:
http://www.adaptivemall.com/colcarseat1.html
These would obviously get around the lap belt only problem, they would probably be more convenient for the girls to hop in and out of, and they use a different anchoring system so wouldn?t need specific bolts near the motorhome seats.
We?ve found lots of great information on seatbelts on the forums and the various state laws and other rules which is really helpful. However, as we?ll be renting we don?t have the option (or know-how!) to install normal lap/shoulder seatbelts so these are ? at the moment ? the best solutions we can find.
If anyone has any thoughts, that would be great. Thank you very much!