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New Jersey Nanny State Mandates Car Seats for 8 Yr OIds
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Posted on 10/24/2001 8:03:12 AM PDT by d-back
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The New Jersey Nanny State, those intrepid souls who have banned runny eggs and mandated bike helmets, have done it again. Got an 8 year old? Stuff him in a car seat. Anyone else resent this stupid, intrusive, We-know-better-than-you law?
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posted on
10/24/2001 8:03:13 AM PDT
by
d-back
To: d-back
Awwwwww. How nice. Now every child can be safe. Sometimes it takes a villlage.....
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posted on
10/24/2001 8:04:42 AM PDT
by
ppaul
To: d-back
Do they even make car seats big enough for an 8-year old?
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posted on
10/24/2001 8:04:44 AM PDT
by
TopDog2
To: TopDog2
OOOPS! Law applies to SEVEN year olds--those under eight. My bad.
But it STILL stinks.
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posted on
10/24/2001 8:08:30 AM PDT
by
d-back
To: d-back
It doesn't matter. A child at 7 years, 364 days is still pretty large for a car seat. Besides, how are the cops going to know who to ticket? Will they make the children carry some form of ID so they will know when they are "legal?"
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posted on
10/24/2001 8:11:58 AM PDT
by
TopDog2
To: d-back
My 8 year old would rather die than be seen in a car seat at his age. Where does this creeping regulation stop?
To: d-back
This is so pathetic its hysterical. How about those families that have several children 8 years and under? This could go on and on so Ill stop here.
To: d-back
Every person operating a motor vehicle, other than a school bus... That says a lot.
To: d-back
"...Anyone else resent this stupid, intrusive, We-know-better-than-you law?..." Part of our problem is that we don't challenge our enemies when they call a toaster a hat-rack.
In fact, like zombies, we often repeat what they say.
This isn't a 'law'.
This is simply tyranny.
We have no moral obligation to obey it.
But we do have an obligation, as Americans, to sweep it, and much more of its ilk, into the dustbin of history.
And how you go about discharging that responsibility is your business.
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posted on
10/24/2001 8:20:33 AM PDT
by
DWSUWF
To: d-back
Another indication of the uphill battle that Bret Schundler faces in this braindead state.
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posted on
10/24/2001 8:21:26 AM PDT
by
Dahoser
To: TopDog2
They will now, with the assurance people will HAVE to purchase them.
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posted on
10/24/2001 8:21:49 AM PDT
by
dubyagee
To: GatĂșn(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)
But you're not supposed to have "several" children--you're supposed to have two! Big families are not consistent with the New World Order--they tend to be patriarchal, the mother tends to work full-time minding the children, and the kids consume too much of Mother Earth's resources!
By the way, I'm one of eight, and we thought we were doing just fine crammed into the back of our station wagon. How unenlightened we were.
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posted on
10/24/2001 8:21:52 AM PDT
by
d-back
To: Roy Tucker
My 7 year-old rides in a car seat and she better like it because she's not coming out of it. The seat belt cuts her across the throat without it.
To: AppyPappy
Same here. My 7 year old is pretty small and without the booster the seatbelt rides right across her neck. However, I am totally against this being law.
To: d-back
This is actually a good idea. Safety belts are made for adult-sized people. A "booster seat" is just one of those styrofoam thingies which adjusts the child's height to the seat belt. They only cost about $10.00. It ain't a big deal. Unless you really want to make it into a big deal.
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posted on
10/24/2001 8:26:47 AM PDT
by
12B
To: AppyPappy
Look, if it makes your daughter and you feel safer, you can wear a crash helmet while sitting in your car. I don't mind. I am tired of more and more regulation over matters of personal choice in our society. This is one of them. What is to stop them from making it mandatory for 12 year olds? Did we elect the legislators to pass this kind of regulation? Kids can't sit in the front seat in a lot of states because airbags have been proven to kill children under 12. Why isn't Ralph Nader being brought on the carpet for that? Now that I think about it, I think a lot of the problem stems from the increasing creep of socialized medicine. If the government pays for more and more of the middle-class medical bills, they will increasingly dictate what we have to do in our daily lives. End middle-class welfare now!
To: d-back
Can't wait to go get my new seat at Wal-mart! Example: Congress passes new law requiring everyone under 40 years old to get a saftey seat. Neeexxxxt
To: d-back
I heard that there is a new law being proposed that will requre Mothers and Fathers to attended a mandatory 4 hour car seat safety class, where you will be certified at the conclusion of the program.
To be more specific, you will be certified as a total complete idiot for putting up with this big government bull sh*t.
To: d-back
When I was growing up (one of eight also), we all traveled in the back of an empty panel van, sitting on kitchen chairs because we couldn't afford better. We all held on to each other during stops and starts, so no one ever fell over or got hurt (okay, it would happen from time to time). It was weird, but what memories!
To: Roy Tucker
I think a lot of the problem stems from the increasing creep of socialized medicine. If the government pays for more and more of the middle-class medical bills, they will increasingly dictate what we have to do in our daily lives. Actually, speaking from experience, it is the hospitals who eat the costs of irresponsible parents - most of the time. Government (or private ins.) doesn't even begin to cover the costs of trauma medicine. Add to the mix the large number of uninsured. What to do? If it is the person's right not to wear a seatbelt, then should the hospital should have the right not to treat, since the patient's irresponsibility caused the trauma?
I am a real believer in personal responsibility, but those who refuse to take that responsibility, demand the finest technology to fix them up, then sue if the results are less than satisfactory. People need to be responsible for their own safety, but if they don't, they shouldn't expect to have someone else swoop in and clean up the mess they've made for themselves. BTW, I think that requiring a car seat for an 8 yr old is ridiculous, but having them wear a seat belt is not.
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