Is It Some Planes?
So now that you’ve got us driving everywhere are you going to bomb the roads?
I’m all for going about my daily life. I’m not afraid, because I now know that the rare sight of helicopters beating over my house in the Thames valley last night were looking for you.
I’m looking out the window of this bus and I can see that the planes are landing again at Heathrow (time now being 5:30pm), but really, if I’m honest: rather them than me.
Today was a great example of the authorities doing a good job when they catch these clowns.
The government should not be there to tell me that I have to put my six year old kid back in a booster seat because he isn’t quite tall enough to be exempt from the new regulations. It can’t be expected to take into account the fact that my car is among the safest in its class, something that influenced my buying decision. Or that I am the best judge of our safety. My son hasn’t been in a child seat for two years, but Tony’s cronies think they know better.
Life is too safe these day. And it’s crazy when other people make it an offence to do something which may be unsafe.
There are many things I did as a kid which are now illegal. These include:
- Buying glue
- Sitting in the front seat without a booster
- Sitting in the back seat without a seat belt (we didn’t have them - it was a 1975 Caprice Classic, as used by state troopers throughout the disco era)
- Carrying (and often throwing) a knife
- Watching movies with swearing in them
- Swearing
- Consuming flavourings and colourings which have probably since been banned by the Geneva Convention
The government should be there to protect us and defend us (from genuinely dangerous things) and that’s it.
Good work today though, folks.
August 11th, 2006 at 1:17 am
A sixc yea old in a booster seat? Wow.
August 11th, 2006 at 10:10 am
Yeah. Shit, isn’t it?
http://www.thinkroadsafety.gov.uk/campaigns/childcarseats/childcarseats.htm
August 11th, 2006 at 10:27 am
DO they make you stop every 50 miles to wiupe his nose and check for poopy too?
Hey, I see Sooz brought her blog down. I’m bummed.
August 17th, 2006 at 2:09 pm
The same law allows children to ride on the front, middle and back of their parents’ bikes without wearing a helmet and sometimes without a special seat! Grrr! I recall telling a father that it wasn’t safe for his 2 year old to hang onto the back of him whilst seated on the rack at the back of the bike upon a heap of folders!! The law doesn’t cover that! *off on one*
And what about taxis? And what about the families who have more than one car who can’t meet to swap car seats?
Ed… sorry
I felt so guilty when I read that comment… just click and you’ll be transported to a different mad world 
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