I drove a Chevy S-10 pickup truck for years. This truck had a standard transmission. When my kids were young, it was a rare occasion that any of them would ride in the truck with me, especially by the time we had more than one kid. The problem was fitting more than one car seat in the small cab of this truck. On the rare occasion when I would put two car seats in the truck, there was barely enough room for me to sit. And when I did get in the truck, it was difficult to reach the stick to shift gears. It was just easier to use my wife’s vehicle when I needed to go anywhere with the kids.
There were a few occasions while we lived in middle Tennessee when I would take one of the kids in my truck. This was usually a treat for them whenever I did this. My oldest daughter was probably about 4 one time when I took her somewhere in my truck. I had an audiotape of songs from the Barney Children’s show in my truck that I would play for her that made it even more special. She would occasionally sing along.
One day we were coming out of our neighborhood and the song Buckle Up My Seatbelt was playing. This features lyrics like “Driving to my school, I buckle my belt.” It is sung to the tune of Skip To My Lou. Another verse has the lyrics “Driving to my house, I buckle my belt”. As we were rounding a corner, my daughter’s car seat leaned over a little more that normal. It wasn’t strapped in quite as good as it should have been. I my hurry to get wherever we were going, I did a sloppy job. I panicked slightly and reached to try to steady the seat. At the same time, I screeched to a halt a whipping the steering wheel around jerking the car slightly. We were never in danger, but it wasn’t very graceful. My continued singing along with Barney changing the lyrics to “Having a wreck, I buckle my belt!”