Jack Clark wrote:
> On Thursday April 15, 1999 Cliff wrote:
> "I am wondering if anyone has ever put a baby seat in a TR6?"
>
> I am sorry but, this is how I feel about this issue ARE YOU FLIPPING
> CRAZY!!!
> Why would you even take such a chance with your infant, or young child? The
> protection afforded by your LBC (yeah, the "L" is for little) is minuscule
> when the soccer mom in her land yacht Suburb' parks on top of your ass. A 20
> mph crash on the driver's side would just about do it, even at the mall. For
> God's sake just travel up and down the driveway, the kid is not going to
> notice the difference, they just want to hear the sound and feel the
> vibrations. My son is 21 months and he loves to cruise up and down the
> drive.
> Don't do something you might regret later.
>
> Jack
> '74 TR6
I would like to make a few comments on this issue.
In my lifetime, I have been involved in two serious accidents while riding in
TR's.
Once in a front end collision with a car that pulled out into traffic without
looking,
and once when my car went up onto an embankment and rolled over. I walked away
from
both of these with nothing more than cuts and bruises. Everyone commented on
how
little damage there was to "that little car" compared to the new Acura that
tested the
"immovable object" theory.
I have also seen a TR-6 that looked like it was folded in half.
I personally have witnessed a Chevy Blazer sport ute go into a skid on wet
pavement
and launch itself into a barrel roll. As the car was traveling in the opposite
direction, I consider myself lucky that we were on a divided highway and that
it did
not come crashing over the median and into my lane.
I have also seen many new cars so mangled that I could not even identify what
type of
car it was.
I have also seen many cars that have been involved in accidents that have a
circular
bump in the windshield from the inside out and a nice shiny looking seat belt
hanging
unused on the door pillar.
And just recently, on this list, we were told of a man who was almost killed
when the
seat heater in his safety conscious VOLVO caught the carpet on fire. What
would have
happened if there was a baby in that car?
My point is that you cannot predict the future. Situations arise everyday that
could
end our lives no matter how careful we are or what we may try to do to avoid
them.
The decision to let your child ride in your Triumph is yours alone to make, but
don't
loose sight of the other risks you routinely take in day to day life.
I credit my father's choice to take me for rides in his Corvette when I was
little as
one of the deeply monumental experiences in my life. He taught me the joy of
what
motoring is, and he also taught me to respect the power and responsibility this
technology demands but is so often overlooked in our society. Without his
influence,
I might not have made the same choices in my life, and I am very happy that,
because
of him, I did. Someday, I hope to impart these same values and experiences to
my own
children.
Regards,
Brian Schlorff '61 TR-4 '64 TR-4 '72 TR-6 '79 Spit
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