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DKM_Fam
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Oct 29, 2014

Seat Belts

Please don’t beat me up to bad for asking this, I am just curious. We have a new to us 35’ Georgie Boy. The sofa and chair have seat belts. Do people use these while driving? We are a family of 5 (3 kiddos), none young enough to require safety seats. It seems to me, part of the joy of having a big motor home is to allow the family some comfort while traveling. I would love to allow my kids to be able to sit at the dinette or on the floor and play a game while traveling. Kids usually don’t ride as well or as long if “tied down”. I do realize the safety factor, and would insist they were their belts when in congested driving areas, or other dangerous conditions. However, is we are on long flat, low traffic highways and traveling at a leisurely slow pace, would you let them be unbuckled? Just curious and thanks in advance for your honest opinion.
Dennis
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  • LadyRVer's avatar
    LadyRVer
    Explorer II
    Oct 29, 2014
    Won't beat you up.. :) BUT, as a grandmother/greatgrandmother, all children would be in a seatbelt while motorhome is moving. Just like a boat, no childen in boat without a safety flotation vest. More frequent stops for the kiddos while on the road. Just my 1 cent worth.
  • msmith1199's avatar
    msmith1199
    Explorer II
    Oct 29, 2014
    I don't have kids but have relatives who do and they have ridden with me, and they are belted in. They were allowed out on occasion to use the restroom and I didn't stop, but were belted in most of the time. There really is no such thing as a safe place even if it is a long flat highway unless you're going 10 mph max. And in California it's now that the law that everybody in a motorhome has to be buckled in.

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