clearly demonstrate that you don't have a clue what you are talking about on this subject, regardless of how many statistics you use. If you feel so strongly on this, you should ask Eddie Hobbs to look into it!This type of hysteria and unnecessary lumping of fear and guilt on top of parents does nothing for road safety except increase the profits of those who manufacture and sell child restraint seats to these parents.
ubiquitous said:Would it be better if NSC waited for another child to die before doing something?!
ubiquitous said:I'm afraid that comments like clearly demonstrate that you don't have a clue what you are talking about (regardless of how many statistics you use). If you feel so strongly on this, you should ask Eddie Hobbs to look into it!
ubiquitous said:I see, just because I take exception to your comments on the risk of child deaths this means that I don't care about other road deaths, or in your own words "not fully awake to the wider world of the tragic road deaths that we're suffering every day in this country" What a disgusting slur...
ubiquitous said:The fact is that child restraint seats are a simple, straightforward and (let me say it clearly) inexpensive means of preventing death and minimising injury to children involved in motor accidents as passengers. The NSC would be criminally negligent in their duty to citizens if they did not reinforce this message whenever possible.
ubiquitous said:To allege as you did that they are doing so simply to line the pockets of car seat manufacturers would be laughable were the issue not so serious.
Paramedics call this the 'launchpad' position, as the little darling will get fired through the windscreen like a rocket if there is a 20 mph fender-bender behind.franmac said:perhaps 4 year olds stand in between the front and back seats.
franmac said:When you state that "no children have died in the last 12-18 months what age group are you referring to?
ubiquitous said:There may have been no deaths of children in cars within the past 18 months - this does not negate the fact that small children are uniquely vulnerable to death or serious injury in road accidents unless they are travelling in restrained seats.
ubiquitous said:Actually it was me, not Clubman, who made this comment. If you had read the above posts by Franmac, Rainyday and Purple you would have realised the obvious and self-evident truth of what I was saying. This is a matter of basic common sense. As such there is little point in me wading through the web or through people's MA theses to demonstrate this. If you're not convinced, why not ring the NSC and ask them?
ubiquitous said:You are free to contact whoever you want. The NSC undoubtedly will have some of the statistics you seek. So will the Garda Press Office and possibly the motor insurance companies. If you're worried about wastage of public funds, you are free to contact the Comptroller & Auditor General's office or in the first instance your local public representative.
Haven't they already had huge ongoing campaigns on this area?ronan_d_john said:Can they not instead address the 88 single vehicle car accidents (not to mention motorcycles - 20) where 116 people have been killed in the last 12-18 months, for example?
Purple said:Young children on the other hand are not in control of their environment
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