It’s dumb for a driver not to use a seat belt. It’s dumber, as well as totally irresponsible, for a driver to allow any children and teens in the car to be unbelted. Yet the latest annual seat belt survey by the Kansas Department of Transportation indicates that while 73 percent of drivers buckle up in Sedgwick County, only 43 percent of 10- to 14-year-olds use seat belts in the county. Some adults may think they can’t make kids buckle against their will. But the driver has the keys, which means the car need not start until all seat belts are fastened. Many parts of parenting are hard, but making sure the kids are using seat belts isn’t.
Posted by Rhonda Holman
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Beat your dam kids if they wont buckle up… Against their will my ass… Your the parent, you brought them into this world, you can take them right back out…
My favorite thing is to take my kids to a police station and have the cop tell them what happens if they don’t buckle up…
I agree Tony. In fact, I have found that the kids readily accept getting strapped in and get upset if I forget. If it is done from day 1 that is all they know.
Many years ago I did not routinely wear seat belts – they came into use after I was an adult. It was due to starpping in my son that I developed the habit. He would notice if I told him to buckle but didn’t buckle myself.
It is stupid for kids not being buckled to be a primary offense. The police have better things to do then pull people over for this. It’s just a big fat revenue stream.
“the car need not start until all seat belts are fastened”
Yeah Rhonda Holman tell folks to use that for an excuse when they are late for work. An unmoving car is of little concern to a kid unless it is going somewhere the kid wants to go. This is not usually the case.—–
The police just need another excuse to fill their quotas!
:)