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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 92238" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>It's interesting how views on this vary around the world. And even within one country.</p><p></p><p>I'm trawling through Aussie links. No value judgements here, just a range of ideas relevant to Down Under views, where we've had stricter seat belt laws than a lot of other countries. </p><p>Just in case you're interested...</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.dotars.gov.au/roads/safety/seatbeltsforkids/" target="_blank">http://www.dotars.gov.au/roads/safety/seatbeltsforkids/</a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2005/10/22/1488328.htm" target="_blank">http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2005/10/22/1488328.htm</a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.goldcoast.com.au/article/2007/09/19/2915_gold-coast-news.html" target="_blank">http://www.goldcoast.com.au/article/2007/09/19/2915_gold-coast-news.html</a></p><p></p><p>It has been my experience that various private bus companies which have seat belts, have insisted on the kids wearing them. I do remember when I was a kid, no seat belts in buses and kids clambering everywhere. But then, I remember kids clambering everywhere in cars, before seat belts were made mandatory.</p><p></p><p>Also, a point to make - there ARE manufacturing differences and road quality differences, between the US and Australia. We tend to rely less on air bags, for example, and more on seat belts. Our air bags do not deploy as easily because a bumpy Aussie road can be bad enough to trigger one set to US standards. But a good seat belt will keep you secure on the bumpiest Aussie road, our inertia reels probably trigger faster than the US ones.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 92238, member: 1991"] It's interesting how views on this vary around the world. And even within one country. I'm trawling through Aussie links. No value judgements here, just a range of ideas relevant to Down Under views, where we've had stricter seat belt laws than a lot of other countries. Just in case you're interested... [url="http://www.dotars.gov.au/roads/safety/seatbeltsforkids/"]http://www.dotars.gov.au/roads/safety/seatbeltsforkids/[/url] [url="http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2005/10/22/1488328.htm"]http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2005/10/22/1488328.htm[/url] [url="http://www.goldcoast.com.au/article/2007/09/19/2915_gold-coast-news.html"]http://www.goldcoast.com.au/article/2007/09/19/2915_gold-coast-news.html[/url] It has been my experience that various private bus companies which have seat belts, have insisted on the kids wearing them. I do remember when I was a kid, no seat belts in buses and kids clambering everywhere. But then, I remember kids clambering everywhere in cars, before seat belts were made mandatory. Also, a point to make - there ARE manufacturing differences and road quality differences, between the US and Australia. We tend to rely less on air bags, for example, and more on seat belts. Our air bags do not deploy as easily because a bumpy Aussie road can be bad enough to trigger one set to US standards. But a good seat belt will keep you secure on the bumpiest Aussie road, our inertia reels probably trigger faster than the US ones. Marg [/QUOTE]
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