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From: itkin@luke.UUCP (Steven List)
Newsgroups: net.kids
Subject: Re: "Child in car" signs
Message-ID: <305@luke.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 3-Aug-85 20:54:12 EDT
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Posted: Sat Aug  3 20:54:12 1985
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Reply-To: itkin@luke.UUCP (Steven List)
Organization: Benetics Corp, Mt.View, CA
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Summary: 

In article <925@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP> cjdb@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP (Charles Blair) writes:
>I think if a child in the car is a distraction to the driver, then that 
>car shouldn't be on the road, since other motorists have the right to
>expect that their fellow motorists are being fully attentive to what is
>going on around their cars, not in them.

I hope there's a little room for some righteous parental indignation here!
What would you suggest when one of the little ones says "Daddy, I gotta
throw up" or "Daddy, Matthew's nose is bleeding" or you just hear some
weird gargly choking noises?  Just blithely keep driving?  No, you react
emotionally (unfortunately, this is virtuously synonymous with
irrationally under these circumstances) and swing your head around to
see what's going on or something.  Safety dictates that the children
should be in the back seat (car seats or not) if possible.  There's just
no choice sometimes.

I'm not trying to justify weaving all over the road.  But sometimes you
can't help dividing your attention a bit if there's a problem or some
other distracting event.
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