"Elmo P. Shagnasty" <elmop@nastydesigns.com> wrote in message
news:elmop-6F8235.09335824092006@nntp1.usenetserver.com...
> In article <c8adnRBA_-0WqIjYnZ2dnUVZ_qGdnZ2d@sedona.net>,
> "Michael Pardee" <michaeltnull@cybertrails.com> wrote:
>
>> I think I'm preaching to the choir, but I wanted to remind everybody to
>> buckle up. Earlier this week a relative was involved in an auto accident
>> with her 7 year old daughter in the passenger seat.
>
> Wow. A parent who has never heard or been told NEVER to put a 7 year
> old in the front seat?
>
> Frankly, a 7 year old needs a booster--but at the VERY least, belongs in
> the back seat. If the car is designed such that the child's legs bend
> over the front of the seat cushion and the belt fits properly across his
> body, no booster would be needed.
>
> But the front seat--hell, that's child abuse.
>
Sadly, the mother is not a very functional person... drugs, of various
sorts. Detoxing while trying to recover from extensive liver injury is not
my choice of ways to live, but that's her lot. She was not conscious to
receive the citations for driving without a license, insurance or current
registration. I'm just happy the 7 yr old was buckled up - probably the
child's idea.

Mike