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Tips for screening sun from child in carseat Posted by ChuckD [Email]  (#2127) [Profile/Gallery]
(more from ChuckD) on Thu, 17 Mar 2005 07:21:19
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9-5 Board readers may (or may not) remember a post I made last week to the 9-5 board wherein I detoured from the thread topic of child seat placement and asked if anyone else had to deal with the sun setting directly in front of them and a child in a carseat in the middle (safest) position. This is my commute and twice a year, for a two to three week period, I drive ~25 miles home, directly into the setting sun. Good polarized sunglasses for me help, but my daughter, who commutes with me, catches the full brunt. I've resorted to draping my jacket over the front passenger seat and pulling one of the arms across and holding the cuff to my chin, effectively blocking the sun. But it diverts my attention from the road at an especially crucial time with limited visibility and the need to be especially vigilant to drivers ahead.
Until yesterday.
In the morning we have the sun coming in on the right side and I long ago picked up a couple of those pull-down shades at Autozone for the side windows. (Not willing to hang just anything in the windows of an '02 9-5 Aero I reversed the shades on the rollers so it's dark side was seen from the outside and was less obtrusive thru the tinted windows. Call me vain.) I later found an SUV sized shade which provides a bit more coverage and now have a couple extras and last night got the idea that one might hang from the skylight (by it's suction cups) just as well and provide what my jacket sleeve had been, without distracting me. End of story! It worked beautifully hanging down between the headrests and far enough to screen out the sun at around 3 to 5 degrees azimuth (and coming directly under the rearview mirror). The only gotcha I can imagine is knowing how these plastic shades tend to hold their shape in the cold and that if you get into a cold car in the morning and need this, I guess you'd have to wait for them to warm up and hang straight. Also, you'd better remember it there if you want to skylight open.
Anyway, this has been a big issue for us and I thought someone else might benefit from my 'research'.
Happy trails.
C.
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, Fri, 18 Mar 2005 06:16:23, Fri, 18 Mar 2005 15:13:43, Thu, 17 Mar 2005 13:46:03
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