I am mostly a lurker, but thought I should post what happened tonight.
a few days ago..or was it yesterday... I read a thread titled "2yr old driving" or somthng of the like. Within that thread rachelellen made this post:
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I had a really, really creepy thing happen a few years ago. I was driving at rush hour behind a minivan with small child standing in the back with her hands and face pressed up against the glass. It took me about 10 minutes of feeling that something 'wasn't right' before I figured out that my discomfort was seeing a kid that small not in a car seat. (It's hard to explain, but I wasn't paying super close attention because I was watching the road, so it was a very vauge feeling of something in my visual field being 'off') Anyhow, after I noticed, I watched the kid for about 5 more minutes until I left the highway.
That night on the news was a report about a crash on that highway that killed two small children about the same time I was there. I was 99% sure that the picture of one of the kids was that face I saw in the window.
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Tonight while driving home from the local Albertsons... I stopped at a light at a major intersection. I looked to my left (2 turning lanes) and there was an older gold car..a man driving and a woman passanger....with a tuft of black by her chest...could it be hair..? a dog? no..it was a child that could not have been older than a year....sittting in her lap. I was dumbfounded for a moment. I looked in the back seat and there were NO carseats. the couple chatted and laughed along. This post came blaring back to me. I called 911 and reported the car. The operator was very nice and when they turned I was able to give a plate number (as well as a full description of the car). I apologized for useing 911..but I didnt know the regular police number off hand, they said it wasnt a problem and now had several cars in the area looking for them.
the stargest thing is....I felt guilty for "tattling"..its odd. I know its the right thing, I confirm within myself as too how would i feel if I didnt call and heard on the news the child had died in an accident..like rachelellen. All I see in my head is the baby smiling at me through the window and trying to wave....I hope I helped.
Thank you rachelellen, your post helped me to jump in the moment and do somthing.
a few days ago..or was it yesterday... I read a thread titled "2yr old driving" or somthng of the like. Within that thread rachelellen made this post:
"
I had a really, really creepy thing happen a few years ago. I was driving at rush hour behind a minivan with small child standing in the back with her hands and face pressed up against the glass. It took me about 10 minutes of feeling that something 'wasn't right' before I figured out that my discomfort was seeing a kid that small not in a car seat. (It's hard to explain, but I wasn't paying super close attention because I was watching the road, so it was a very vauge feeling of something in my visual field being 'off') Anyhow, after I noticed, I watched the kid for about 5 more minutes until I left the highway.
That night on the news was a report about a crash on that highway that killed two small children about the same time I was there. I was 99% sure that the picture of one of the kids was that face I saw in the window.
"
Tonight while driving home from the local Albertsons... I stopped at a light at a major intersection. I looked to my left (2 turning lanes) and there was an older gold car..a man driving and a woman passanger....with a tuft of black by her chest...could it be hair..? a dog? no..it was a child that could not have been older than a year....sittting in her lap. I was dumbfounded for a moment. I looked in the back seat and there were NO carseats. the couple chatted and laughed along. This post came blaring back to me. I called 911 and reported the car. The operator was very nice and when they turned I was able to give a plate number (as well as a full description of the car). I apologized for useing 911..but I didnt know the regular police number off hand, they said it wasnt a problem and now had several cars in the area looking for them.
the stargest thing is....I felt guilty for "tattling"..its odd. I know its the right thing, I confirm within myself as too how would i feel if I didnt call and heard on the news the child had died in an accident..like rachelellen. All I see in my head is the baby smiling at me through the window and trying to wave....I hope I helped.
Thank you rachelellen, your post helped me to jump in the moment and do somthing.
I just hope the parents BUY & USE a child seat now. 
