Comments on: A Mixed Reception?

By: Erika

Erika — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 05:38:08 +0000

Age 12? Wow. I remember being 8 years old sitting in the van with my feet up on the driver's seat in front of me, on a highway road trip. That was 1993. The best the government can do is introduce legislation that prevents injury and death. This article talks about some resulting confusion... I can see why.

By: JackP

JackP — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 22:56:11 +0000

@Erika:
I wasn’t clear about the context of the law. It was mandatory that small children would have appropriate child seats. It is now also mandatory for children who are under 12 and under a specific height to continue to use a booster seat until they are either 12 or sufficiently tall.

By: Erika

Erika — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 22:08:38 +0000

Sloppy journalism, indeed. Maybe instead of “mixed,” they could have used “a variety of responses,” or “somewhat different points of view.” I’m shocked they’d even put a child in the front seat, and that it wasn’t already mandatory over there, because it is (I believe) in Canada. That’s a good point, though… what do you do if you have a small car and have a third kid? Leave one at home with the nanny! It’d be cheaper than buying a minivan.