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Very funny: we had a hard time finding a car wide enough to accomodate three child safety seats without being too long to park.. Now our children are getting ol
by renox 4y ago
Very funny: we had a hard time finding a car wide enough to accomodate three child safety seats without being too long to park..
Now our children are getting older so this is less an issue, but (Europeans) car are still quite bad for three children: the one in the middle has often a reduced place and/or an unconfortable seat.
- D13Fd 4y agoMaybe it’s different in Europe. In the US it’s pretty easy to find narrow car seats that can fit three across, in my experience. We just went on Amazon and bought them.
- renox 4y agoSure, but the best car seats in the crash tests are wide.
- Someone1234 4y agoPeople who haven't actually tried, or haven't had kids at all, really don't grasp how problematic three car seats across actually is. Car seats are wider than most adults, and there's little standardization (either car or seat design). So you're often left looking for articles or anecdotes that list both specific vehicles with a specific make/model of car seat. It does exist, it is just painful and annoying. Even shops that sell car seats and will let you "test fit" them rarely have three of the same model to demo.
- renox 4y agoYes, we had two move the seats like this: __X X __X Otherwise it doesn't fit. So far so good? No! The middle seatbelt isn't long enough so we had to buy an extension, which in theory is illegal in France :-( And don't get me started on the stupid 'foot trunks'..
- pwinnski 4y agoGosh, yes. When my third child was due to be born, I was driving a 1998 Toyota Camry, a mid-sized car, and it was literally impossible to fit three carseats into the backseat. To accommodate a three-year-old, a two-year-old, and a newborn, we had to upsize to a minivan. There was no lesser option! Carseats are incredibly wide.