SEATBELTS

[hedgehog]

84. I have several anecdotes about safety regulations

- the next door neighbor who was involved in some of the first child safety research that went through emergency room records. I remember the day he came home and took his toddler's very expensive top of the line old style high seat tricycle and put it in the trash. He went out and got her a big wheels instead. The data on head injuries from falls was that strong.

- the family that was devastated when they were in a minor fender bender. Everyone came out fine, except for the two month old baby who was killed. I had my kids in car seats before they were mandated.

- my daughter took her bike across the road and down a long driveway. She started going too fast, panicked, hit the brakes and flipped the bike. She ended up with a ruptured spleen and bruised kidney. Her bike helmet saved her brain and her face -- without it she would have landed on her front lobe and crushed her cheekbones.


So, yeah, when safety regs come down the pike, there's generally a very good reason!