Was IBU to have called the police re car seat?

[Everythingsgoingtitsup]

Parked in sainsburys p&c space this morning, loading my shopping into boot when another car parks alongside me with a toddler, around 18 months / 2 years in back seat completely unrestrained. Not even a car seat in the car, not even an adult seatbelt round the child. Hoicked my judgy pants, finished loading my shopping, drove out of my space then started thinking, if they've not even bothered to get a car seat for the child, what else don't they do? Child had been left in car with a woman while two other adults went into shop. So I rang the police non emergency number. Waited a few mins, police turned up. Now I'm wondering if I was OTT? Should I have spoken to them myself? Not involved the police? Not sure whether to feel proud or silly? Was IBU?

If there was a genuine reason for no car seat or belt then they can explain it to the police.

When ds used to go to a CM another mindee was collected every day by her mother in a taxi (journey from CM to her home was about 5 miles). No child seat. I couldn't understand it as the child was dropped off by her father in the mornings (in a car seat). I asked the CM why he didn't leave the seat with her for the mother to collect when she collected her dd. I never got an answer on that one.

The mother was a head teacher of a primary school. She had lots of very odd ideas about parenting - children (aged under 3) should be allowed to take risks. Travelling daily unrestrained in a taxi seemed a particularly stupid risk to take imvho.