A different View of Safety

[LouNY]

IMO Life was far better in the days that you could do that. I don't recall that people were getting killed and injured right left and center when you could ride around in the back of a truck. Seen pictures of Kids having a great time in the back of a pickup in Mexico. Maybe that's the place to live. No helmets, nets, seatbelts, airbags! Just FREE living.

Much simpler ways back then, and much better as far as I'm concerned.

 

[r porter]

lordy, but we do have the safety POLICE out in force

 

[/pine]

You can't fix stupid...and common sense is anything but...!

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure...

Most accidents (and the pain and suffering) are preventable...

 

[shooterdon]

Not wasting time to read the whole thread. No need to and do not care what others think.

Kids riding on the fender of a tractor is a really stupid thing to do. What you need is one of your neighbors with a grudge to snap a photo and send it to CPS and then you have some explaining to do. If you use the rationale posted here, it will not be a pleasant experience to you or your child.

I used to drive drunk and never killed anyone or caused an accident (that I know of). That does not make it a smart thing to do.

 

[1LuckyDog]

Yet each year thousands and thousands of children are hurt or worse...mostly by mowers and mostly in rural areas...

>>>...Each year, 800 children in the US alone, are run over by riding mowers or small tractors and more than 600 of those incidents result in amputation; 75 people are killed, and 20,000 injured; one in five deaths involves a child. For children under age 10, major limb loss is most commonly caused by lawn mowers.<<<

Want to compare that to automobile related injuries and deaths?

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[/pine]

Want to compare that to automobile related injuries and deaths?

:dance1:

why?...it would be like comparing apples to elephants...

 

[Industrial Toys]

When I see the picture of impatience and speeding, day to day, I guess, life doesn't mean much to these people. Getting out front or getting there five minutes sooner, obviously matters more.

 

[Jstpssng]

When I see the picture of impatience and speeding, day to day, I guess, life doesn't mean much to these people. Getting out front or getting there five minutes sooner, obviously matters more.

I think it's more a case of "It will never happen to me".

 

[Industrial Toys]

You mean "STUPIDITY" in action.

AND, if it was just them, let them kill themselves. But usually it involves others.

It's so easy for wreckless and dangerous behavior to become the norm. Especially behind the wheel it seems. Anyone see that accident of the young wreckless kid whos car rolled, ejecting him and his body landing on the catwalk of one of those signs that spans many lanes on a freeway? It may have been wreckless, but certainly, wasn't lacking style!

 

[1LuckyDog]

why?...it would be like comparing apples to elephants...

Is it really?
You are worried about the "Safety of the children"
Dead and injured is Dead and injured, right?