Cars & Transportation

Best car for a young family with a baby

Cars & Transportation

Posted by: annacathryn

13th Jan 2014 03:38pm

My husband and I are expecting a baby and are looking to buy a new car but we disagree on what is important. I want something practical like a station wagon, but he wants something a bit more sporty. What are the most important things to look for in a car for a young family? Has anyone had the same disagreements and if so, how did you resolve them?

jjdrer
  • 22nd Jan 2014 08:08am

Structure wise the some of the older cars are better than the new cars. The doors didn't crumple in as far. My brother is a motor vehicle recovery driver who witnessed the recovery operation process used by emergency crews forcing the door of a car which had lost control and hit a tree. Forcing the door open at the point it is normally opened, the middle section of it went inwards which resulted in more injury to the passenger's left leg. Had they allowed the car to be pulled away from the tree a metre or so they would have been able to open the door from a different angle. There was other professionals present who were of the same opinion. The same thing happened at a Car Rally. The Doctors in attendance (they always have at least one accident trauma doctor at Motorsport events. If he is late for any reason, the event doesn't start until he does so. The same applies to ambulances and rescue crews). My brother is one of a few volunteers who do motorsport recovery in SA and and has never had a complaint that he has damaged a car more than it already was, even if it had lost a wheel opr was a write-off. He also has a specific Accident First Aid Certificate so that he can help the medical staff to a degree. He wanted to do so one night when he found a car which had run into a bus stop and was bleeding internally. He wanted to help turn the person onto his side because he could hear the patient struggling not to choke on his own blood but the Police wouldn't let him. When the Ambulance arrived the first thing they said to the Police "why didn't you put him in recovery position" The patient was conscious and had said his back was OK. Much longer and the patient would have died at the scene. He made a full recovery in Hospital.


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