Children unrestrained in cars...
Feb 25th 2010, 5:39 am
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Children unrestrained in cars...
The National has run an article on it - amazing epiphany there on the part of the decision makers, but my slightly morbid fascination has also made me hunt down a crash test video (albeit quite old) showing what happens when a child is sitting on a person's lap (not included in the article's video presentation.
makes me feel rather sick, tbh.
makes me feel rather sick, tbh.
Feb 25th 2010, 6:12 am
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Re: Children unrestrained in cars...
this infuriates me no end, kids not strapped in 
saw a woman the other day with a baby in a chair in the front seat, front facing as well!!! there is a guy called Adam Kechil who is visiting all schools trying to educate people about road safety. He has a group on facebook too 
saw a woman the other day with a baby in a chair in the front seat, front facing as well!!! there is a guy called Adam Kechil who is visiting all schools trying to educate people about road safety. He has a group on facebook too
Feb 25th 2010, 6:37 am
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Re: Children unrestrained in cars...
The National has run an article on it - amazing epiphany there on the part of the decision makers, but my slightly morbid fascination has also made me hunt down a crash test video (albeit quite old) showing what happens when a child is sitting on a person's lap (not included in the article's video presentation.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=orDM8tCn9pY
makes me feel rather sick, tbh.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=orDM8tCn9pY
makes me feel rather sick, tbh.
Seeing parents drive around with kids on their lap makes me want to get out and bang their heads together.
Feb 25th 2010, 6:43 am
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Re: Children unrestrained in cars...
it totally does my head in seeing unrestrained kids...especially when they are in the front seat, or poking their heads through to the front...even worse, the mother/father is usally on the phone, not hands free of course...total and utter idiots...
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Feb 25th 2010, 6:43 am
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Feb 25th 2010, 6:47 am
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Feb 25th 2010, 7:09 am
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Feb 25th 2010, 7:09 am
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Re: Children unrestrained in cars...
I simply look at it as a perfect example of Darwinian theory in action....
Lets face it, no matter how many times it happens 'to someone else', these idiots feel that there progeny are somehow cossetted in a protective bubble that requires no management on their part...
In fact, to prove how 'special' they are, they shall tempt fate every time they get behind the wheel..
Lets face it, no matter how many times it happens 'to someone else', these idiots feel that there progeny are somehow cossetted in a protective bubble that requires no management on their part...
In fact, to prove how 'special' they are, they shall tempt fate every time they get behind the wheel..
Feb 25th 2010, 7:14 am
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Feb 25th 2010, 7:23 am
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it's a concentration thing - apparently, "studies have shown" that people having a conversation concentrate less on what they are doing, namely driving. One could argue that this also applies to having a conversation with someone in the car, but hey.
Feb 25th 2010, 7:24 am
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After a day in my office, I have a quite sparkling conversation with myself as I negotiate the drive home...
Its the closest to an intelligent conversation I get all day....
Feb 25th 2010, 7:26 am
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MM, xx
Feb 25th 2010, 7:28 am
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well that's exactly what i was going to say...these people who are gabbing away to the passenger beside them and looking at them the whole time and not the road must be worse than being on the phone, where you can continue to look where you need to...and that's nothing compared with the situation when you've got kids misbehaving in the back...
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Feb 25th 2010, 7:29 am
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well that's exactly what i was going to say...these people who are gabbing away to the passenger beside them and looking at them the whole time and not the road must be worse than being on the phone, where you can continue to look where you need to...and that's nothing compared with the situation when you've got kids misbehaving in the back...
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They are looking to introduce legislation banning smoking in cars where young children are travelling, yet the polis seem more than happy to let cars fly past them on SZR etc when it is perfectly obvious to everyone the kids are running riot throughout the vehicle...