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JT Moderator	Message Posted: Feb 1, 2009 12:01:00 AM Ignore JT Report Abuse Do you believe that use of child safety seats should be required by law? Yes, because it saves lives No, child safety is a parental responsibility No idea what a child safety seat is No opinion Post your thoughts about this poll below.

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Do you believe that use of child safety seats should be required by law?
Yes, because it saves lives
No, child safety is a parental responsibility
No idea what a child safety seat is
No opinion

Post your thoughts about this poll below.

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achung53 Veteran Author Orange County Posts:487 Points:85,225 Joined:Oct 2012	Message Posted: Nov 19, 2012 9:29:58 AM Ignore achung53 Report Abuse Yes
mcapple1996NY Sophomore Author Long Island Posts:224 Points:11,610 Joined:Mar 2012	Message Posted: May 23, 2012 5:01:27 PM Ignore mcapple1996NY Report Abuse Yes absolutely
Tanner_1 Champion Author Virginia Beach Posts:1,536 Points:456,790 Joined:Nov 2011	Message Posted: Feb 8, 2012 9:40:01 PM Ignore Tanner_1 Report Abuse Yes, because it saves lives
jwalkerh Champion Author Louisiana Posts:6,127 Points:1,368,645 Joined:Oct 2008	Message Posted: Jan 5, 2012 6:39:59 AM Ignore jwalkerh Report Abuse Yes, it saves lives.
pcprof Champion Author Austin Posts:9,811 Points:2,456,220 Joined:Oct 2005	Message Posted: Nov 21, 2011 8:57:19 PM Ignore pcprof Report Abuse No, child safety is a parental responsibility
googlee Champion Author Montreal Posts:2,874 Points:635,300 Joined:Oct 2010	Message Posted: Oct 25, 2011 11:39:43 AM Ignore googlee Report Abuse Yes
HFAJR0034 Champion Author New Mexico Posts:6,425 Points:1,164,835 Joined:Jul 2009	Message Posted: Jul 8, 2011 12:02:49 AM Ignore HFAJR0034 Report Abuse y
pkhdonovan Champion Author Maine Posts:11,996 Points:2,702,880 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Jun 25, 2011 5:25:39 AM Ignore pkhdonovan Report Abuse yes - its common sense
HardeepWA Champion Author Tacoma Posts:1,458 Points:160,460 Joined:Jun 2011	Message Posted: Jun 25, 2011 3:18:29 AM Ignore HardeepWA Report Abuse Yes.
LXH18 Champion Author Los Angeles Posts:15,715 Points:3,210,725 Joined:Jun 2004	Message Posted: Jun 18, 2011 12:08:32 AM Ignore LXH18 Report Abuse Yes, because it saves lives and mandatory in California.
mattsage Champion Author Buffalo Posts:4,357 Points:696,750 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: Jun 2, 2011 10:19:21 AM Ignore mattsage Report Abuse yes
HFAJR0034 Champion Author New Mexico Posts:6,425 Points:1,164,835 Joined:Jul 2009	Message Posted: May 28, 2011 11:21:10 PM Ignore HFAJR0034 Report Abuse y
DB2008 All-Star Author Winnipeg Posts:675 Points:239,070 Joined:May 2008	Message Posted: May 20, 2011 4:28:41 PM Ignore DB2008 Report Abuse no, it would weed out the idiots before they grow up.
Browndog73 Rookie Author Toronto Posts:80 Points:10,290 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: May 20, 2011 8:13:08 AM Ignore Browndog73 Report Abuse I really can't think of how myself and many of my friends made it through all these years in life without the Child restraint seats. We rode in the back of pickup trucks, sat down when we were told used common sense and most of us are in our late 60s. If we got the agressive drivers off the roads, the drunks, and so on the roads would be a safer place to drive. I have an old truck 1946 that I want to share with my grandson and cannot because it doesen't have seat belts in it. I use this truck maybe 4 times during the summer months, and drive on rural roads at around the 15-20 mph enjoying the peace and quiet that we once had. So in conclusion I am in total agreement with Rumbleseat, on the child restraint seats.
HFAJR0034 Champion Author New Mexico Posts:6,425 Points:1,164,835 Joined:Jul 2009	Message Posted: May 20, 2011 6:36:02 AM Ignore HFAJR0034 Report Abuse yesa
rumbleseat Champion Author Winnipeg Posts:22,917 Points:3,528,540 Joined:Oct 2002	Message Posted: May 11, 2011 11:27:38 PM Ignore rumbleseat Report Abuse "No, child safety is a parental responsibility" One could use the same argument for a parent deciding whether a child can ride with a drunk, use a power mower without wearing shoes, play football in the streets, or other dangerous activities. When your child is on the road in a car, and I am driving that same road, that child's safety becomes a shared concern. Too many parents are morons. A responsible society tries to protect the defenceless children against the actions of morons. There is an old African proverb that is applicable: "it takes a village to raise a child".
billymac296 Champion Author Maryland Posts:3,274 Points:735,470 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: May 11, 2011 11:08:24 PM Ignore billymac296 Report Abuse No, child safety is a parental responsibility Big Brother is doing to much already in our lives. Really, Congress investigating baseball? Come on!
ZL1 All-Star Author New Jersey Posts:602 Points:63,150 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: May 10, 2011 1:20:23 AM Ignore ZL1 Report Abuse Yes
Tammy1OH Sophomore Author Cincinnati Posts:125 Points:1,070 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: Mar 11, 2011 12:21:43 AM Ignore Tammy1OH Report Abuse Yes of course.
wrunner Champion Author Virginia Posts:4,435 Points:1,134,635 Joined:Dec 2009	Message Posted: Feb 21, 2011 7:29:50 AM Ignore wrunner Report Abuse If you care about your kids, then use a child safety seat.
g747 Champion Author Mobile Posts:4,531 Points:931,720 Joined:Jul 2009	Message Posted: Jan 15, 2011 9:41:00 PM Ignore g747 Report Abuse By all means.
g747 Champion Author Mobile Posts:4,531 Points:931,720 Joined:Jul 2009	Message Posted: Sep 8, 2010 11:17:10 AM Ignore g747 Report Abuse Absolutely indeed.
SAVEITIL Champion Author Chicago Posts:5,359 Points:1,167,390 Joined:May 2009	Message Posted: Jul 22, 2010 9:35:15 AM Ignore SAVEITIL Report Abuse yes
bja0030 Champion Author New Mexico Posts:3,194 Points:535,930 Joined:Jan 2010	Message Posted: Jun 30, 2010 11:53:27 PM Ignore bja0030 Report Abuse yes
jeffrey561 Rookie Author Baltimore Posts:84 Points:27,205 Joined:May 2009	Message Posted: May 14, 2010 1:11:36 PM Ignore jeffrey561 Report Abuse YES
HFAJR0034 Champion Author New Mexico Posts:6,425 Points:1,164,835 Joined:Jul 2009	Message Posted: May 9, 2010 10:44:22 PM Ignore HFAJR0034 Report Abuse yes
NobodyNobody All-Star Author Florida Posts:626 Points:257,060 Joined:Jul 2008	Message Posted: Apr 13, 2010 10:56:37 PM Ignore NobodyNobody Report Abuse Ha, "parental responsibility" is a joke. Too many of today's parents do not take any responsibility in rearing their children. Yes, just as we have laws that children must be schooled (note that does not mean they actually have to be educated, just schooled) we should have laws that require children are safely secured in automobiles. Children do not have the knowledge to make that decision, but would have to live (or not live, as the case may be) with the tragic results of their parents' lack of care for their entire lives.
BadgerBoy Champion Author Oklahoma City Posts:15,485 Points:2,691,030 Joined:Oct 2005	Message Posted: Jan 17, 2010 7:07:55 AM Ignore BadgerBoy Report Abuse yes
BobD2009 Champion Author Long Island Posts:6,984 Points:1,238,810 Joined:Apr 2009	Message Posted: Jan 17, 2010 5:28:19 AM Ignore BobD2009 Report Abuse Yes.
phawgare Rookie Author Dayton Posts:97 Points:60,920 Joined:Jul 2009	Message Posted: Sep 27, 2009 6:48:29 AM Ignore phawgare Report Abuse YES YES YES IT SAVES LIVES AND ARE KIDS ARE EVERYTHING TO US..............
TAT36 Champion Author Florida Posts:6,794 Points:1,302,050 Joined:Sep 2009	Message Posted: Sep 23, 2009 3:15:10 PM Ignore TAT36 Report Abuse Interesting how good ideas become law when we don't have enough common sense to do for ourselves. Good points tho will government pass laws to require us to wear helmets in cars, it should save lives but at what expense?
april4 Champion Author Virginia Beach Posts:12,164 Points:2,398,910 Joined:Oct 2005	Message Posted: Sep 19, 2009 3:16:41 PM Ignore april4 Report Abuse Yes
Dijana Rookie Author Ontario Posts:10 Points:7,300 Joined:Sep 2009	Message Posted: Sep 19, 2009 2:43:46 PM Ignore Dijana Report Abuse Yes, because it saves lives
saturn96 All-Star Author Indiana Posts:633 Points:147,565 Joined:Jul 2009	Message Posted: Sep 14, 2009 3:56:01 PM Ignore saturn96 Report Abuse yes
saturn96 All-Star Author Indiana Posts:633 Points:147,565 Joined:Jul 2009	Message Posted: Sep 14, 2009 3:55:19 PM Ignore saturn96 Report Abuse yes
april4 Champion Author Virginia Beach Posts:12,164 Points:2,398,910 Joined:Oct 2005	Message Posted: Sep 7, 2009 1:08:48 PM Ignore april4 Report Abuse Yes
HFAJR0034 Champion Author New Mexico Posts:6,425 Points:1,164,835 Joined:Jul 2009	Message Posted: Sep 4, 2009 7:05:41 AM Ignore HFAJR0034 Report Abuse YES
nkb Champion Author Raleigh Posts:1,903 Points:343,700 Joined:Jul 2009	Message Posted: Aug 21, 2009 4:36:05 PM Ignore nkb Report Abuse yes
Becca198326 Rookie Author New Hampshire Posts:4 Points:1,030 Joined:Aug 2009	Message Posted: Aug 21, 2009 3:56:28 PM Ignore Becca198326 Report Abuse yES i BELIVE KIDS UNDER THE AGE OF 12 SHOULD BE IN A CHILD RESTRAINT SEAT OF SOMESORT, SO MANY PEOPLE CHOOSE TO KEEP THIER KIDS OUT OF ONE IN WHICH IS UNSAFE AND COULD RISK THE LIVES OF THIER CHILDREN AS WELL
janmj Champion Author Baltimore Posts:1,163 Points:1,751,630 Joined:Jun 2006	Message Posted: Jul 5, 2009 6:17:20 PM Ignore janmj Report Abuse It should not have to be a law, any parent with common sense would not think twice about their childs safety
MrsSweetness Rookie Author Atlanta Posts:1 Points:420 Joined:Jun 2009	Message Posted: Jun 10, 2009 5:17:17 PM Ignore MrsSweetness Report Abuse Yes, because it saves lives
leveit2clever Champion Author Cleveland Posts:7,246 Points:451,635 Joined:May 2009	Message Posted: May 26, 2009 11:57:48 AM Ignore leveit2clever Report Abuse Yeah, everybody should have helmets.
dyeh Champion Author Illinois Posts:1,201 Points:315,755 Joined:Apr 2008	Message Posted: May 21, 2009 4:27:32 PM Ignore dyeh Report Abuse I think anyone who says "yes, for the kids sake" should also explain at what point government should stop intruding into our lives with more nanny laws. leveit2clever: by your logic, should we also mandate helmets for all passengers (including kids)? Just the other day I saw yet another head bleed in the ER from a motor vehicle accident (the other car driver didn't make it). Should we also mandate helmets 'for the kids sake'?
leveit2clever Champion Author Cleveland Posts:7,246 Points:451,635 Joined:May 2009	Message Posted: May 21, 2009 1:16:19 PM Ignore leveit2clever Report Abuse Yes, they should be required, for the kids sake.
WilW Champion Author Atlanta Posts:12,213 Points:2,670,930 Joined:Aug 2004	Message Posted: Mar 31, 2009 9:12:33 PM Ignore WilW Report Abuse cwgas, HERE HERE! I raise my glass to you! (I drink at home, and I ain't goin' nowhere!)
cwgas Rookie Author Charlotte Posts:48 Points:10,000 Joined:Sep 2008	Message Posted: Mar 29, 2009 10:15:18 PM Ignore cwgas Report Abuse I absoultely use them but I do not think it should be a law, if people are stupid enough not to use them, even for children, it is their right and their consequences no matter how sad it can be.
WilW Champion Author Atlanta Posts:12,213 Points:2,670,930 Joined:Aug 2004	Message Posted: Mar 28, 2009 8:58:37 AM Ignore WilW Report Abuse I don't believe the government should tell us we must use child seats..or seat belts..or helmets. But I WOULD use them still, because I CHOOSE TO! Why do we continue to protect stupid people from themselves? The time has come to cull the herd. [Edited by: WilW at 3/28/2009 8:59:23 AM EST]
dyeh Champion Author Illinois Posts:1,201 Points:315,755 Joined:Apr 2008	Message Posted: Mar 26, 2009 11:12:19 PM Ignore dyeh Report Abuse I'm still waiting at the edge of my seat at how rumbleseat would respond to the question: "Do you believe that wearing helmets while driving cars should be required by law?". Based on his numerous answers (his latest one goes: "I gave an answer a long time ago, and I have expressed the same sentiments in several threads over the years, you haven't accepted it. And my attitude hasn't changed over the years. If people (as a group, not individually) do not do the right thing, sometimes government, and that is really us, has to bring in laws. That means, in the case of the topic at hand, if people think they really should have the freedom to expose, or not expose, their children to UNNECESSARY danger, danger that can be easily reduced, then the government (and that is us, remember) has to regulate in favour of the child." I see a lot of head bleeds in the ER from car crashes, many of whom die. I just saw one last night. Wearing helmets while driving cars would also save a lot of lives. Wearing helmets would then be "doing the right thing" and if people as a group "do not do the right thing" of wearing helmets while riding in cars (kids included), then would rumbleseat be for a law requiring all drivers and passengers of cars to wear helmets?
gas_too_high Champion Author Columbus Posts:11,534 Points:1,931,390 Joined:Aug 2005	Message Posted: Mar 18, 2009 9:53:44 AM Ignore gas_too_high Report Abuse Interesteing side effect of using car safety seats: Sometimes, it takes lives instead of saving them. This is discussed here.
gas_too_high Champion Author Columbus Posts:11,534 Points:1,931,390 Joined:Aug 2005	Message Posted: Mar 17, 2009 1:37:27 PM Ignore gas_too_high Report Abuse I don't get how we went from safety issues to educating one's children. In any case, I see no reason to trust government to mind our own personal safety, including the safety of children in the care of their parents. To trust government to do so is to crate the nanny state. We have far too much of that as it is. Obviously that does not bother rumbleseat. At least he has reached a considered position. However, the one-line posts in this topic that say something like, "Yes, because it saves lives", drive me nuts. If saving lives were the highest value in our society, then better not go out in an automobile at all, with or without a car safety seat, seat belt, or any other device. GTH [Edited by: gas_too_high at 3/17/2009 1:37:38 PM EST]