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One should distinguish between at least two things here, and I'm not totally sure about the terminology. There's a thing called a "booster seat", I think, which
by bloak 7y ago
One should distinguish between at least two things here, and I'm not totally sure about the terminology. There's a thing called a "booster seat", I think, which doesn't contain any expanded polystyrene and is not likely to be damaged invisibly, in my opinion, nor likely to be particularly dangerous if damaged: it's basically just a convenient replacement for sitting on a few telephone directories or something like that. And yet these things cannot be donated to a charity shop. I think for some places the rule is very simple: if it has a BSI Kite Mark they won't take it.
- dazzawazza 7y agoA booster seat is designed to stop a child slipping under the seat belt that crosses their legs. It's not just raising the child up. They are very simple though, essentially being polystyrene and some padding for comfort. It would be easy for an inquisitive adult to assess it's state but most people are far too concerned with other things to risk it. If you think I'm being overly harsh on the average adult then I refer you to the mass of drivers that pay hundreds of pounds for a car seat for their child and then text while driving. Humans are very poor at assessing risk.
- bluGill 7y agoBooster seats are cheap, so it isn't worth evaluation. Car seats get expensive fast.