Show Dear Abby Standard-Examin- er August 12 Thursday 1982 9E Children's car seats can save lives avert tragedy Abigail Van Buren By DEAR ABBY: “Learned Too Late” lost Tina her precious daughter in a car accident because the child was not secured in a car seat She wrote “If writing this saves only one child Tina’s death will not have been in 10-pou- nd vain” I want Tina’s mother to know what she has done for me We have a son Steven who has always had the safest surroundings we could provide — except in the car There I’ve lovingly placed him in a carrier beside me Tina’s mother made me see that all the love in the world could not keep our precious child safe in a car without a car seat and seat belt The awful truth is that I HAVE a car seat but have never used it I found all sorts of excuses — too much trouble Steven fussed and fought it takes too long etc What a selfish careless mother I’ve been But no more! A trip may take a few extra minutes but Steven’s life is worth it! Thanks to Tina’s mom for being brave and selfless enough to tell her story This mom LEARNED IN TIME IN CLOVIS CALIF ’ DEAR ABBY: Bravo for your letter concerning safety car seats for Our neighbor was in a car accident with her two young children The little ones were thrown around so violently that even their father was not allowed to see their bodies before the funeral! Safety tests were made using dummies instead of live infants The adults were instructed to hold onto the dummies as they would a live baby while riding in a car at 30 miles per hour The car stopped suddenly as though in a collision and even though they knew it was coming not ONE of the adults could hold on to the dummy ! All lost their grip and the dummies flew forward! Please print this and sign me — CONCERNED MOM IN INDIANA DEAR ABBY : Thanks for printing the letter from “Learned Too Late” We also learned too late We didn’t lose our child but our child lost an eye while standing up in a car that came to a sudden stop He was thrown against an open metal ashtray on the dashboard and cut his little eye so badly it couldn’t be saved Had that child been buckled into a seat belt as he should have been it never would have happened We will always feel a terrible sense of guilt because it was OUR fault not his chil- dren It takes about 20 seconds to put my daughter into her seat stick her arms through the straps and buckle up Some people say “Kids refuse to ride in those things” Who’s in charge anyway? If children were placed in car seats from the time they were infants as mine were they would be trained to climb into the seats themselves to be buckled in Hog-was- h! — ALSO LEARNED TOO LATE DEAR ABBY: After reading the let- ter from “Learned Too Late” I started shaking in my shoes I had just dropped off my daughter (I’ll call her Amy) at the babysitter’s Amy was not in a car seat nor was she belted in by a seat belt Why? Because she cried and screamed “I want to stand up Dad- dy!” After reading your column Textures give jewelery distinction JOAN O'SULLIVAN By I made a decision I would rather listen to Amy scream than never hear her voice again First I am going home to pick up our unused car seat than I will go get Amy at the sitter’s And from then on she will never again ride without being protected! 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