| [GMCnet] Overall Safety Opinions - Wanting to Purchase 1976 Royale [message #164338] |
Tue, 27 March 2012 11:11  |
Sammy Deek
Messages: 2
Registered: March 2012
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Hello All,
First I would like to mention as I'm sure has been mentioned before the
amount of information made available and the willingness of people to help
is really amazing in this group!
With the knowledge and experience everyone has within this group I wanted
to get your feelings on overall safety of traveling with a family in a 1976
Royale I am considering to purchase.
There is a lot of information out there on many sites and everyone
seems to have strong opinions on the subject of RV travel with small
children. I am a self proclaimed over-protector of my two children and
have been having some serious last minute second thoughts on moving forward
with the purchase. Although cruising the open road in this Royale is a mad
passion of mine to create lasting memories with my family I would never
allow this passion to overcome safety of my children.
My story is that both myself and my wife are in our mid thirties and do not
have to answer to the corporate office environment and can work from
anywhere. Our children are 3 and 6 months and were planning a slow trek
out to the grand canyon from Central Florida (also home of some really
great GMC service facilities!).
The concern I have been deliberating very hard on is that my children are
younger and both would not only require seatbelts but their child seats
also. Originally I thought this would work since the Royale has a forward
facing dinette and I would most likely remove or stow the table so there
are no obstructions around them along with securing all items in the cabin
that are lose. I know these seatbelts were never put through federally
regulated testing and do not have to stand up to any current regulations
from what I have read. More importantly I have read over and over again
how unsafe it is for passengers to ride outside of the front cabin in fear
of a serious wreck or rollover the cabin would separate...and there is no
real safety structure around the rear section.
Yes these are all "iffs" and most likely will never encounter these
situations but that simple sliver thinking I am unnecessarily putting my
children at risk is a hard burden to bare. I know there are many on here
that do travel with people in the rear, adults and children alike, so
wanted to get your opinions on the subject.
My alternative option is to place my kids into our volvo sport utility and
know that they are as safe as they can be in a automobile and look for a
Travel Trailer (Airstream) to follow us around.
So do you travel with your Children/Grandchildren and if you do how?
Thank You!
Overprotective Dad
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