Yeah, details please, kinda looks like it was hit by an 18 wheeler at freeway speeds. I sometimes travel with a 19 month old in mine, kinda scary. Now I see why the newer vehicles have such a big rear end.

Do you put your 19 month old in the back or front seat of your Tracker?  I put my son in the front because I figure there is more metal around him in front.

Right now our 4 month old rides in the front

     I use a special harness set up with a really good baby bucket and extra padding and straps
When he gets a little older he will move to the middle of the back using a racing seat I had made for my daughter when she was little. It is really a ABS aluminum toddler baby seat, complete with the Simpson 4 point harness and a submarine belt.

Zag

Quote from: Uncivilized on August 23, 2005, 04:32:06 AM

Yeah, details please, kinda looks like it was hit by an 18 wheeler at freeway speeds. I sometimes travel with a 19 month old in mine, kinda scary. Now I see why the newer vehicles have such a big rear end.

Do you put your 19 month old in the back or front seat of your Tracker?  I put my son in the front because I figure there is more metal around him in front.

He's in the back, but I now think this winter he'll be moving it the front, the wife will have to tuff it out in the back seat! Or I'll get a rear roll cage....

shit glad he is ok.....

I had two incidends lately
1. I got rear ended and he hit my gas tank bar.....hurt him but I did get a new rear bumper out of it ( yeah me!)

2. last week i put a sticker on my truck that say's attack the dirt !!  my wife took it literaly and got ran off the road by another car on a back road....we are ok little bit of damage to the kick.
but both really proved how strong these little things are

They are really tough little cars. My sister rearended a 2002 Altima with my right front, hit the car in the back left when she was learning to drive stick. $4k in damages to the Altima, $20 in damage to my tracker.

Some lady rear ended my Kick when my
wife was driving it, the T-bird had to get
towed away, I got a slightly bent tail pipe

Wild

Right now our 4 month old rides in the front    

Does your Nanny government let you put the kid in the front seat?  Down here there are some states that have gotten down right stupid about child seats and booster seats.  My sister in Washington state asked her pediatrian(who helped write the 80# child booster seat law) "my mom weights 95 lbs, does she need a booster seat too"?  He said "smaller adults would do better in a crash if they had one".  So I guess thats next for the evergreen state.  I thought it was the law to have kids in the back seat until they get to be a certian age, or size.

Jeff

Quote from: zaggy on August 23, 2005, 06:49:04 AM

Right now our 4 month old rides in the front    

Does your Nanny government let you put the kid in the front seat?  Down here there are some states that have gotten down right stupid about child seats and booster seats.  My sister in Washington state asked her pediatrian(who helped write the 80# child booster seat law) "my mom weights 95 lbs, does she need a booster seat too"?  He said "smaller adults would do better in a crash if they had one".  So I guess thats next for the evergreen state.  I thought it was the law to have kids in the back seat until they get to be a certian age, or size.

Jeff

From what I've read about Illinois the law the only requirement is to have the child in an appropriate booster seat.  Didn't say anything about front or back.  If anyone knows otherwise please let me know, even if it is in another state.

Wow, looking again at that picture brings back memories.  I ran a tow truck for a few years and seen worse than that.  I'm impressed with how well it held up to the truck, did anyone say how fast the truck was going?  Also, odds are he had his foot on the brakes, otherwise it probably would have bounced more and maybey not been as bad.  (I'm guessing sitting at a stop sign or in traffic.  What a shame, I'm really glad to har your friend is ok, and like was mentioned earlier, he's gonna want a jumbo Sams Club sized bottle of Tylonol.  Hope hes feeling ok,   Dave  

In Alberta
    A child must be in an approved saftey seat for the age...they recommend center rear seat, which I have always thought is sh!t. If momma is constantly turning around to see what the kid is doing what happens.....she rear ends a Sidekick 4dr while driving a 10,000# truck.
    I' ve had the argument with several police officers and saftey types and after running through the pro's and con's they usually agree with me.

Zag