mandatory child car restraints in UAE
Aug 24th 2013, 11:50 am
#62
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Re: mandatory child car restraints in UAE
I'm watching a 1989 american film with a scene with a family driving down the highway and noticed the driver is not wearing their seatbelt, the wife is, the kids on the back seat have no seatbelts and are bouncing up and down.
Times change. 1989 wasn't that long ago really. I think I was living in Germany when rear seatbelts became law there and it was the first time I thought about the matter as an habitual rear seat passenger.
But yeah, this is 2013. There's some serious catching up to be done worldwide. The elephant-on-the-rear seat theory is always in my head since that tv advert and it seems to be the most effective safety video to be shown everybody.
I do get more concerned with parents sticking their oversize kids in the front of shopping trolleys though. Having worked in that trade I know that when they overturn them due to poor weight balance, the first thing that happens is the little darlings get a frim grip on the sides. The second thing that happens is their fingers get amputated when it hits the shop floor......
Times change. 1989 wasn't that long ago really. I think I was living in Germany when rear seatbelts became law there and it was the first time I thought about the matter as an habitual rear seat passenger.
But yeah, this is 2013. There's some serious catching up to be done worldwide. The elephant-on-the-rear seat theory is always in my head since that tv advert and it seems to be the most effective safety video to be shown everybody.
I do get more concerned with parents sticking their oversize kids in the front of shopping trolleys though. Having worked in that trade I know that when they overturn them due to poor weight balance, the first thing that happens is the little darlings get a frim grip on the sides. The second thing that happens is their fingers get amputated when it hits the shop floor......
Aug 24th 2013, 1:38 pm
#63
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Re: mandatory child car restraints in UAE
I do get more concerned with parents sticking their oversize kids in the front of shopping trolleys though. Having worked in that trade I know that when they overturn them due to poor weight balance, the first thing that happens is the little darlings get a frim grip on the sides. The second thing that happens is their fingers get amputated when it hits the shop floor......
