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Loves2sing
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I've seen that a few times in Mexico, and my sister said she saw it very regularily, and worse than that when she was living in Bangkok, Thailand.
At least they are wearing helmets! In Thailand, it is the law for the driver to wear a helmet, but it doesn't matter if anyone else has one, so no one else ever wears them!
At least they are wearing helmets! In Thailand, it is the law for the driver to wear a helmet, but it doesn't matter if anyone else has one, so no one else ever wears them!
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Patriot201
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Wow. That is sad.
lovinwaves
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Well, look at the bright side...they are wearing helmets
Hmmm...but maybe the little one isn't...
Hmmm...but maybe the little one isn't...
supercrunch
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well, at least they have helmets on!
I had to call the cops once in our old neighborhood because this guy kept taking a baby around the block on his motorcycle. And by "baby" I mean no more than 12 months old. Ugh! It just made me sick to my stomach.
I had to call the cops once in our old neighborhood because this guy kept taking a baby around the block on his motorcycle. And by "baby" I mean no more than 12 months old. Ugh! It just made me sick to my stomach.
lynsgirl
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Well, you did say not to freak out, but but but but (sputtering) I'm having a hard time with that! There's a BABY between them ! Not that you didn't already know that. . . . Thanks for sharing and for making me want to go out at midnight to kiss my van in extreme gratefulness :thanx!: .
! Not that you didn't already know that. . . . Thanks for sharing and for making me want to go out at midnight to kiss my van in extreme gratefulness :thanx!: .
natysr
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I actually HIGHLY applaud that family. They are doing the BEST thing they can for the safety of their family with the resources available to them.
You have to remember that Indonisia is a third world country. It consists of thousands of islands. Their road conditions are extremely overcrowed and overall poor. They share the roads with livestock etc. and the roads are poorly maintained. Most people do not even own automobiles. What public transportation they do have is very dangerous as buses are frequently overcrowded and are driven too fast for the conditions. And, even those that do own cars, most cars in that country have no seatbelts in the back seats. So even if they wanted to use a carseat for their baby, there would be no way to secure it.
We should all just remember this and remember that we are luck and priveleged to have the opportunity to live in countries that give us the ability to keep our children safe on the roads.
Oh but on a side note...Indonisia actually has more strick helmet laws than many of the states in the United States.
You have to remember that Indonisia is a third world country. It consists of thousands of islands. Their road conditions are extremely overcrowed and overall poor. They share the roads with livestock etc. and the roads are poorly maintained. Most people do not even own automobiles. What public transportation they do have is very dangerous as buses are frequently overcrowded and are driven too fast for the conditions. And, even those that do own cars, most cars in that country have no seatbelts in the back seats. So even if they wanted to use a carseat for their baby, there would be no way to secure it.
We should all just remember this and remember that we are luck and priveleged to have the opportunity to live in countries that give us the ability to keep our children safe on the roads.
Oh but on a side note...Indonisia actually has more strick helmet laws than many of the states in the United States.
bbartlettnfld
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Actually canada is just as bad.. I lived in Northern Labrador and I have seen 6-8 people riding on a Quad (4 wheeler) most of them small kids no one had a helmet.. The safest baby I saw was one that was in a snugli on moms chest while she was driving the ski-doo.. Most babies are wrapped in blankest and held in one arm while mom drives with the other!
Splash
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I think it's great. They are doing what they can with the resources available to them. Those kids are actually probably safer than if they were in a car... they might even be safer on the road like that than they would be in a car over here! Dad can quickly maneuver around obstacles, no Excursions to cream them, and everyone in a helmet. There is no reason to bash them for living in a poor country.
ThreeBeans
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I guess that's one way to conserve gas
my husband is from indonesia- we saw a lot of this when I visited in laws, except not so many helmets on his island. But the driving is absolutely insane. I know we need to take andy to meet family, but I am terrified of taking him there right now, and father in law can't get a visa to come here. Things like this, and children playing right by the road with traffic flying past.
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lynsgirl
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Not bashing them at all! Just trying to stuff my poor eyeballs back in their sockets after the initial shock is all. I really *am* very thankful for being able to keep my kids safe and I know the conditions there are very different.
CandCfam
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bolding mine.
Not everyone of them has a helmet on. If you look at the child in between the two adults, there is no helmet on her head.
I wouldn't say I'm bashing them, but it is very sad to me that they everyone but the baby has a helmet on.
But do they make helmets that small, and are they readily available?
CandCfam
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Well, I don't know how big that child's head is, but they do make children's motorcycle helmets - how small the smallest available is, I don't know.
As for availability, I'm guessing since they have a motorcycle, and helmets on the adults and one child, that they have a motorcycle shop, which would either have them, or be able to order them.
Or they could order one online, themselves.
Why not protect all the riders?
It looks like they do make some pretty small
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