Are some people just stupid?
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Topic: Are some people just stupid?
Posted By: _H_
Subject: Are some people just stupid?
Date Posted: 18 December 2009 at 9:09pm
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one of the ladies i work with has a 10month old daughter. another work mate told me that when they were leaving work the other day that she saw her put her daughter on her knee (she was in the front seat and her DH was driving) put the seatbelt over both of them and then drive off
Work mate asked her about it the next day and she said that they dont do it much she said 75% of the time DD is in the carseat plus they only do it on short trips (they live 20mins from work and have to go down a very busy road to get there!) i cant believe she is so stupid!!!!!  grrrrrrrrrrrrrr all it will take it is 1 second for something to go wrong and for something to happen to their beautiful DD! ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Katep
Date Posted: 18 December 2009 at 9:12pm
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I would have no problem with calling the police if I were you! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
Mum to the Gorgeous Leah! 7 months |
Posted By: Mamma2N
Date Posted: 18 December 2009 at 9:17pm
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That drives me fricken nuts! Does she not realise that most accidents happen within something like a 5km radius of their home!
Unfortunetly in this country though, we still have a VERY blase attitude toward car seat safety. I'm sure there are lots of videos on Youtube demonstrating what happens to people/babies in inadequate restraints - perhaps you could show her a few in the hope that she takes notice. I find that people like this tend to say, 'oh I know, but we only do it every so often'
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Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 18 December 2009 at 10:26pm
| I was at daycare the other day and watched a family rock up with 3 kids in the car and not one carseat!! The teachers were upset. They have called the police but the family then parks around the corner and walks in. The only thing that we could see as a positive was that they went to daycare....at least for some hours a week they were loved, cared for and look after. |
Posted By: james
Date Posted: 19 December 2009 at 7:12am
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yep they are and it makes me soo mad ------------- <a href="http://lilypie.com"><img src="http://b4.lilypie.com/nLJ5p13.png" alt="Lilypie 4th Birthday Ticker" border="0" /></a> |
Posted By: FreeSpirit
Date Posted: 19 December 2009 at 7:22am
| Yes, some people are stoopid. It's the Higher Power's way of making sure they don't take over the gene pool. |
Posted By: AandCsmum
Date Posted: 19 December 2009 at 7:38am
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Bloody hell!! I'd consider 20 mins a long journey!
Does she not realise that in an accident the force of her own body forward against the seat belt will crush the child regardless of how big or small the accident is! ------------- Kel http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: freckle
Date Posted: 19 December 2009 at 8:49am
yeah the child is probably safer in no seatbelt than sharing! ------------- mum to 3 lovely girls :D |
Aliasmum wrote:Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 19 December 2009 at 9:01am
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yep i would call the police the next time i see it. ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker"> 
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Posted By: _H_
Date Posted: 19 December 2009 at 9:19am
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i havent actually seen it as i leave work earlier then her but trust me if i saw it i would ring the police! ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Shezamumof3
Date Posted: 19 December 2009 at 10:13am
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Id call the police too ------------- |
Posted By: Joscia
Date Posted: 19 December 2009 at 10:16am
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Faaaaar out! That's just so brainless! I can't believe people could even BEGIN to justify that kind of behaviour. Not cool. ------------- http://alterna-tickers.com"> 
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Posted By: gypsynita
Date Posted: 19 December 2009 at 11:39am
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Since when is 20 mins a short trip??? I'd hesitate to do that just driving around the car park!! ------------- Anita Mum to Cian (Aug 08), Josh (Jun 10) http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: High9
Date Posted: 19 December 2009 at 3:52pm
I see people doing this all the time! Really annoys me! I thought it was meant to be illegal?? 
And to say she doesn't do it all the time is crap as it only takes one time for something to go wrong! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: NovemberMum
Date Posted: 19 December 2009 at 4:46pm
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people like that make my blood boil a child/baby should be properly restrained in a carseat.
no matter how "short" a trip is my children are always put into their carseats (and buckled in of course) in fact my daughter's daycare is about a 5 minute drive but neither my husband nor I would dream of not putting her in her carseat. and yup it takes one time to have an accident and to wind up with a dead baby :( ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: rachelsea
Date Posted: 19 December 2009 at 8:32pm
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Wow I didn't know people still did this?! I was shocked when I asked my mum what kind of carseat I had as a baby, and she said I didn't have one! They used to lie me on the back seat and sometimes I'd fall off
Thought people would know better these days  ------------- DD 4yrs DS 2yrs http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: kiwikid
Date Posted: 20 December 2009 at 2:18am
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That is so ignorant and downright neglectful - makes me so mad that people think that is okay, how stupid are they??????????? But then people still drive drunk and they have to know how stupid it is but just dont care. How can you not care about your baby's safety?? How disgusted with yourself would you be for the rest of your life if you were the cause of your baby's death because you didnt do what you knew to be the right thing (using a carseat).
ARGH ------------- 
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Posted By: littleLittle
Date Posted: 20 December 2009 at 9:19pm
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OMG how can people be so clueless about the safety of their child in this day and age???!!! And since when is 20 mins a short trip???
I can't believe people would willingly endanger their child like that! ------------- http://lilypie.com">  
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Posted By: AuntieSarah
Date Posted: 20 December 2009 at 9:24pm
OMG what the hell! I can't believe people would do that!?!  ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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