The Importance of a 5 Point Harness Car Seat – Belle’s Gift
Our three year old daughter was killed in a car accident on 13 April 2006. A truck crossed over the centre lines and our vehicle hit a tree when trying to avoid a collision with the truck. Our seven year old walked away from the crash, but Isabelle was fatally injured by the adult seatbelt used with her booster seat. There were no warnings about the dangers involved in using adult belts with toddlers. The law in Australia allows children as young as 12 months to use only an adult belt. This …
im so sorry for your loss.
i live in the uk and harnessed seats only go up to 4 years of age but most kids i know have moved on to booster seats before then. there is only 1seat available in the uk which harnesses past 40 pounds but it is hugely expensive but i will be looking to get one for my son – even if it means importing one from the US.
its lives that matter – not laws.
I am sorry for your loss. You had no reasonable way of knowing. Thank you for sharing and saving lives.
The safest type of restraint is a 5 point belt. This goes for EVERYONE. Race car drivers use 5 point belts. After-market 5 point harnesses are readily available and are fairly easy to install.
All free people must also consider events like this when visiting the polls.
I will pray for you. Nobody should ever have to lole a child.
I am so sorry for your loss. thankyou so much you are saving lives.
Thank you for this video. I have sent it to a few people today alone who wanted to put their 3 year olds in boosters. I am so sorry for your loss.
B/c I saw this video a year ago, I knew I would keep my son restrained in a harness. He is now 4 and still restrained in a harness.
You are helping make other children safe.
I am soo sorry for your loss. She is in a safe home with god and a gaurded by angels God loves you guys dont forget that
wow you really put that into purpective. God loves you too
Thank you for sharing this. I am just about to buy a booster and you have changed my mind about what to buy.
I’m very sorry for your loss; I lost my mom almost two months ago now and she absolutely loved children, so I know my mom is protecting your precious daughter (she was absolutely beautiful, by the way)
I’m so sorry. She was absolutely beautiful…
I will surely hug my three year old daughter and one year old son a little tighter in the morning. Thank you for the warning in the midst of your grief.
I’m very sorry for your loss.
Im currently looking for a new seat for my 3 years old, was thinkng about a booster…
Thanks for your sharing, I’ll definitely go for a 5P harness now.
I’m sorry for ur loss… I know how u feel I just lost my two and a half year old son and 46 year old father not even three weeks ago… my son was also in a booster seat… it was a head on collision and killed my baby on impact… my four year old in the big boy booster seat walked away with a broken arm and a concusion… i know how u feel and share my deepest sympathy…CAMA
I am so sorry you know our pain. I am so sorry that you now walk the road we walk. I hope that your comment will tell others of the importance of the best seating possible. 1 death is too many. So much loves.
I’m sorry for your loss she was so beautiful and I cried so hard for the loss of her life and the fact that my almost five year old son has been in a booster seat for two years and Ive never known the dangers. I’m glad you posted your daughter’s story so I will be sure to not put my 8month old into a booster seat until he is at least five. Thank you, God Bless Your Family.
Thank you for sharing your tradgedy in a light to benefit others.
If we were serious about our safety we would implement harness system similar to that used in race cars (Ive seen a Ferrari F40 with much improved restraint system).
Nearly all restraint systems in consumer vehicles and child seats are poorly designed and implemented. My three year old could easily sustain fatal injury from interaction with her car seat in a significant impact – there are modifications (mostly more adequate padding) that I could implement that would dramatically increase her safety. Single shoulder web (conventional seat belt) often inflicts significant injury on adult crash participants.
I am the mother of a 15 month old baby girl and am researching a lot about carseats. I have learned so much about the importance of a 5 point harness from stories like yours. I’m so sorry you and your family had to suffer this loss of such a beautiful sweet girl, but thank you for being a shining light in my life to educate myself and others on the importance of child restraints.
What a beautiful and touching video. And what a sweet little princess. I am so sorry for your loss. Thank you for educating all of us in this time of terrible tragedy. God bless.
Thankyou for sharing with us and probably saving lives too, my son is nearly 4 and i am trying to find a seat that is legal in england cos the britax regent is not. I know of other children younger than this cos of their height that are already in boosters and will spread the word. Also I wonder why are racing drivers given more safety than our children? words cant say how i feel for your family,god bless.
Thanks a lot.Allah (God) bless u and save you and your children.Peace.
Thank you for going through the pain making this video must have caused to save the lives of other children, it’s such a selfless and beautiful act. I am so sorry for the loss of your beautiful daughter.
its not just the age. people need to recognize the size of their children too. an undersized child should still be in even a booster alot longer as well. as well as an oversize child may be injured from the smaller seating not actually fitting them properly.
i remeber when i was 8 and i was in an accident with me riding in the front seat, but other than that i am so sorry for what happened to her, i am in tears, god is protecting her in heaven.
Thank you for sharing this important information. Thank you, Belle