DazedandConfused
Well-Known Member
Make your kids wear their seatbelts!
My neighbors, once again, are mad at me because I couldn't give their kids, PLUS THEIR FRIENDS (who I had no idea were coming along) a ride.
Why?
Because, no how, no way, does a child ride in my car
without a seatbelt! These people are actually mad at ME because they had to drive their kids, themselves, because, god forbid THEIR SAFETY WAS MY FIRST CONCERN! I even told them I cared more about the safety of their children than they did. They didn't like that. But, darn it, it's true.
I'm particularly passionate about it because five years ago , I and my kids, were in a head-on car accident. I was doing 50 MPH when a pick-up decided to turn in front of me in an intersection. Luckily, my difficult child were in the backseat, buckled in. We were pretty bruised up from the seatbelts (no airbags, old car)holding us down. I suffered a broken foot, but that's it. My car was totaled.
So, I'm get kinda nuts when I see kids not wearing their seatbelts. I even suffered the fists of Daughter when she was little because she didn't want to be buckled in. I didn't care, BASKET A issue.
I'm sick of: "Oh, my car/SUV is so big, it will protect us"
Yeah, bet you won't say that when it's rolled on top of your kids after they are thrown out.
Or, "We were only going a short distance"
yeah, me and the kids were only a couple of miles from home when some guy, not paying attention, turned right in front of me.
Anyway, I apologize for my rant. I'm just flabbergasted when people don't buckled their precious ones in.
My neighbors, once again, are mad at me because I couldn't give their kids, PLUS THEIR FRIENDS (who I had no idea were coming along) a ride.
Why?
Because, no how, no way, does a child ride in my car
without a seatbelt! These people are actually mad at ME because they had to drive their kids, themselves, because, god forbid THEIR SAFETY WAS MY FIRST CONCERN! I even told them I cared more about the safety of their children than they did. They didn't like that. But, darn it, it's true.
I'm particularly passionate about it because five years ago , I and my kids, were in a head-on car accident. I was doing 50 MPH when a pick-up decided to turn in front of me in an intersection. Luckily, my difficult child were in the backseat, buckled in. We were pretty bruised up from the seatbelts (no airbags, old car)holding us down. I suffered a broken foot, but that's it. My car was totaled.
So, I'm get kinda nuts when I see kids not wearing their seatbelts. I even suffered the fists of Daughter when she was little because she didn't want to be buckled in. I didn't care, BASKET A issue.
I'm sick of: "Oh, my car/SUV is so big, it will protect us"
Yeah, bet you won't say that when it's rolled on top of your kids after they are thrown out.
Or, "We were only going a short distance"
yeah, me and the kids were only a couple of miles from home when some guy, not paying attention, turned right in front of me.
Anyway, I apologize for my rant. I'm just flabbergasted when people don't buckled their precious ones in.