Uh oh - new Tribune article

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Hollyob

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• Mar 23, 2011

• #1

http://www.chicagotribune.com/health/ct-met-new-car-seat-rules-0323-20110322,0,7396206.story


I'm scared to read it.

 

christineka

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• Mar 23, 2011

• #2

It was actually a pretty good article. Basically, it's hard to change, but safest, so why not try?

 

firemomof3

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• Mar 23, 2011

• #3

I loved how the dr was showing how the seatbelt was resting on his tummy :thumbsup: I thought it was a great article

 

Kac

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• Mar 23, 2011

• #4

I couldn't see whatever was in top because it requires Flash player and I'm on my iPad, but the article was pretty good.

 

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Hollyob

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• Mar 23, 2011

• #5

Oh good! :thumbsup: I guess it's safe for me to read it!

 

hrice

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• Mar 23, 2011

• #6

"drive defensively, pay attention when you're driving with your kids in the car. I feel like doing that kind of thing will go a lot further than the additional year of a kid jammed in backward in their car seat."


We need a puking in a bucket emoticon.

 

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chay

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• Mar 23, 2011

• #7

from the comments below the article - ROFLMAO

"ReeKavok at 12:03 PM March 23, 2011

I don't think anyone should be held responsible for the health or safety of their children. Whatever they feel is best, then that's the best. Asa matter of fact, I don't think anyone should have to wear seatbelts, either. I don't think the auto manufacturers should have to include seatbelts at all - they are uncomfortable, and I rip them out, first thing, in every car I buy. I disable the airbags, too - how dare they interfere with my right to smash my own face through the windshield?

Yep. I let the kids stand up on the front seat, 'cause they like that best. And the dog sits in my lap while I eat a cheeseburger and tweet my tweets and smoke my menthol cigarettes, and heck be damned!"

 

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coleslawcat

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• Mar 23, 2011

• #8

The comments are what gets me. But then again, the comments are always the most disgusting part of any news article.

 

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Hollyob

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• Mar 23, 2011

• #9

hrice said:

"drive defensively, pay attention when you're driving with your kids in the car. I feel like doing that kind of thing will go a lot further than the additional year of a kid jammed in backward in their car seat."

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Yeah, but that mom has one of those invisible force fields in and around her car. Even drunk drivers bounce right off. Heck, she can take the kids off-roading without even seatbelts, and they will be magically protected because she is paying attention and driving defensively.

Sigh.

I left a comment (Roma). We'll see where it goes. At least the comments aren't as bad as those that followed the original article.

 

Baylor

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• Mar 23, 2011

• #10

Hollyob said:

Yeah, but that mom has one of those invisible force fields around her car. Even drunk drivers bounce right off. Heck, she can take the kids off-roading without even seatbelts, and they will be magically protected because she is paying attention and driving defensively.

Sigh.

I left a comment (Roma). We'll see where it goes. At least the comments aren't as bad as those that followed the original article.

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Amazing how Obtuse some people are.

 

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laudymama

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• Mar 23, 2011

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hrice said:

"drive defensively, pay attention when you're driving with your kids in the car. I feel like doing that kind of thing will go a lot further than the additional year of a kid jammed in backward in their car seat."


We need a puking in a bucket emoticon.

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I would really love to know what people that make comments on safety articles like these see when they watch the crash test videos of FF vs RF!! It is soo obviously safer. I'm glad I don't wear their glasses!!
And totally love the idea of a puking in a bucket emoticon!! A one sticking a finger down the throat gagging would be great too!

 

Brianna

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• Mar 23, 2011

• #12

My aunt- the wife to a chief of police- said "Sitting backwards at that age is not easy for them... and the poor kid who gets teased for being small has to still sit in a car seat... I don't know... We should just hit the bad drivers with harder laws"

I couldn't believe she said that! I assumed that her husband would be on the safe side, as he's seen small children hurt in accidents...

And do you really have to be a bad driver to hit a patch of ice and slide off the road into a telephone pole? :hitselfonhead:

 

Carrie_R

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• Mar 23, 2011

• #13

hrice said:

"drive defensively, pay attention when you're driving with your kids in the car. I feel like doing that kind of thing will go a lot further than the additional year of a kid jammed in backward in their car seat.

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Actually -- I don't totally disagree with that. If *everyone* drove defensively, paid attention, stopped driving impaired or distracted? Then we might not NEED to have our kids sit backwards for so long. The vast majority of crashes are caused by distraction or impairment.

But, the fact of the matter is, even if *we* drive undistracted and unimpaired, not everyone will do so... which means to counteract their stupidity and selfishness, we need to protect our kids as best we possibly can. (Further, not ALL accidents are caused by this... says the girl who managed to end up on the *wrong side of the highway* while paying 110% attention in a snowstorm last year. THAT is why my kids will be protected as best I possibly can, for as long as I possibly can.)