Why do mothers of infants use the right rear seat!

muzz67, Sep 10, 5:14am
went past a kindy yesterday,, or tried to. road completely blocked by mothers with the right hand side rear doors open and them leaning in to buckle the kids in! Is it supposedly safer in the event of an accident or something! I would have thought it would be worse than the footpath side! Not ranting,, just curious!
jsbike, Sep 10, 6:41am
maybe have another kid in the back old enough to get in and out themselves, in which case its safer for them to do so on the L hand side of the car. if i had only one in the back id be putting them in the rear L hand side, safer to me as in a head on crash, a car hitting you will most likely come through the R hand side of the car
v8_mopar, Sep 10, 6:55am
#1 You bring up a good point and one I have noted myself. Also I would go as far as to say dads put there kids on the foot path side more often than not
muzz67, Sep 10, 7:08am
agree with you both,, surely a chid is safer entering and exiting on the footpath side!
slacker8, Sep 10, 7:13am
No idea but is it just a ease thing, you can throw the kid in and then jump in drivers seat without having to walk around car maybe!
gunhand, Sep 10, 7:14am
Well considering some dont have the intelligence to park on the same side as the school to pick up and drop off and let there kids run out from behind cars etc, you have to ask! Sure sometimes you can not park on same side but how hard can it be to get there fat butts out to escort them across the road. They will be the sort to kick up and blame the school if ther kid gets splattered while there txting or gass bagging instead of supervising.
smac, Sep 10, 7:20am
Proven fact - a parents IQ drops by 50% as they approach a loading/unloading zone with their precious cargo. It's fricken weird. Park on the pedestrian crossing, park on opposite side and wave at their darling across the street.morons. People complain about women drivers, old people, asians.but the worst driver on the road is any parent within 500m of loading or unloading a kid.
crzyhrse, Sep 10, 7:27am
They're just lazy.
richynuts, Sep 10, 7:30am
ironic!
footplate1, Sep 10, 7:37am
Yes, same thing at St Thomas in Kohi.Narrow street blocked by rear right doors.Worse when it's an SUV.Add this to near universal use of rear mirror.
mk3zephyr, Sep 10, 8:14am
Our infant is always on the left side, also when the child drops his/her bottle or toy or whatever it is easier to stop the car and reach across rather than back and around. Just makes sense to me but then again some people have no common sense
s.patete, Sep 10, 8:26am
When we only had one she was always on left side, we felt its just safer, now we have two the oldest is still on left side as she can get in and out by herself, so once again we feel its safer, wont just randomly open door while traffic is coming, and we usually wait until a clear bit of road before walking youngest around to put her in, or tell her to climb over and reach round to buckle her in once in drivers seat.
jason18, Sep 10, 8:53am
We have two kids in the back. Infant and 3 1/2 year old. Shall I put them in the boot!
zephyrheaven, Sep 10, 9:10am
Same - big one on RH side & fiddly capsule device on LH side to the curb
jason18, Sep 10, 9:12am
Yeah same here big on RH and Infant on LH. Figure easier to put infant on Curb side with out risk of getting hit by traffic but still have to venture over to other side to buckle Daughter in.
icemans1, Sep 10, 9:22am
they reckon leave kids rear facing as long as possible - it's safer for the kid in an accident
neo_psy, Sep 10, 9:24am
Just pick the one you like the most.
jason18, Sep 10, 9:28am
Yeah definately.
jason18, Sep 10, 9:28am
mmmmm Hard choice!
ryans, Sep 10, 12:44pm
I have 3 kids, 2 school age, 1 toddler. When I used to pick the two older girls up from school they would sit in the centre (safest position) and right side, I'd have to lean in and buckle both of them up and could still manage to do this when the road was clear.
It doesn't take intelligence to wait until the road is clear before opening your right door and leaning in to do this, I could do this in the 'peak' school leaving time just fine, but for some people it is obviously completely beyond their abilities.
msigg, Sep 10, 1:12pm
So they can see them in the revision mirror.
muzz67, Sep 10, 1:14pm
hardly worth risking your and your childs life for.
dragontales, Sep 10, 2:37pm
have always had my child enter on the footpath side i have always had them on this side
xacoon, Oct 19, 4:44pm
adjust the rear view mirror.

come on guys we all know that womens logic is an oxymoron