Would you take a booster seat for this journey or consider it a bus?

[nearlyfourbob]

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sunbus

Sorry forgot to say ds is very nearly 4.

It's definately a bus. I'd take a booster, if it's easy to do, just so your DS can see out the windows easier, and be more comfortable (no seatbelt around his neck). But if taking a booster is going to make your life loads more difficult, don't bother.

Ooops, NQC here, must change back.

The reason why seatbelts aren't as necessary on buses (or trains) as in a car, is because mostly seatbelts are there to protect you from sudden deceleration. But if a bus hits a car, the car will change speed, the bus will just carry on merrily, iyswim.

years ago you could get a belt thing to stop seat belt rubbing. it was like a triangle that you threaded seat belt through. Maybe you could look for one. Less bulky for travel.
I went on a coach the other week and the seat belts adjusted. Cant tell from pic if those do.

here's one

We'll be on the bus for 20 minutes.

Anyone else, plane leave in 5 hours, will the booster seat be on it?

If possible, I would take a booster - just safer all round. DD is 4 and I would be much happier and worry much less if she was starpped in.

I agree with hula - if possible i would take a booster.

when we were in NZ in the autumn (ours not yours lol) I was a bit worried when we used a shuttle bus on one occasion and there were no belts for anyone, so i couldn't use the booster we were taking around with us.

Then again, I go on longer urban bus rides with dd NOT on a booster.

If you don't have your child safely secured losing her/having her injured is going to make your life a lot more difficult than taking a booster in the first place. Get one with the back. They are much better.

I'm taking the bottom half of his two way booster, so he's the right height for "seat belt doing horrible things to his internal organs" prevention. I am not taking the back as here they have tether straps, which won't work on a bus as they won't have the bolts for them. Without the tether it would do more harm than good in an accident. Also it weighs a ton all together and I am going on my own, and ds and a suitcase and our picnic (because airlines don't do gluten free, egg free food on Trans tasman flights) and our handluggage...

I was taking a bus rather than a taxi because of the car seat, and here I am taking a car seat!

He can sit on the car seat in the plane? He gets a better view that way.

I'll ask - but he's been on about 20 plane trips without and been fine, in fact the lack of being able to see, combined with the noise and vibration usually sends him to sleep.

One of my piano pupils is one of the crew on the plane! She comes after ds is asleep (theoretically, I did once finish a lesson to find him fast asleep on the sofa in my music room).

I took the booster and it was useful on the first trip, but this morning we got picked up in a coach with no seatbelts (it was very ancient).

One woman was very concerned about there being no seatbelt for her. I asked her if she went by bus much.