Brickbat: Needing a Boost

The California Assembly Transportation Committee has approved A.B. 435, which would require all children younger than 10 years old and shorter kids under 13 to sit on a booster seat. All children under 13 would be prohibited from sitting in the front seat, and teens up to 16 years old would also be banned from riding shotgun unless they meet the height requirements. Currently, children at least 8 years old or 4 feet 9 inches tall do not have to use a booster seat. Assemblymember Lori Wilson (D–Suisun City), the bill's author, cited national statistics that show child injuries and fatalities in crashes have increased since the pandemic. "God forbid something happens; we want our children to be safe," said Wilson.

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[Fist of Etiquette]

Assemblymember Lori Wilson (D–Suisun City), the bill's author, cited national statistics that show child injuries and fatalities in crashes have increased since the pandemic. "God forbid something happens; we want our children to be safe," said Wilson.

The only thing more precious than our children is our teachers unions.

[mad.casual]

since the pandemic

Injuries and fatalities have increased since we forcibly locked children inside for no discernible benefit to them, time to lock them up for their own benefit again.

[SQRLSY]

POTUS candidates should be required by law to have and IQ of 80 or above, and an EQ (Emotional Quotient) above 65 ass well. "God forbid something happens; we want our NATION to be safe."

Tariffs cum to mind, and yes, I ***DO*** mind!!!

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[Kyle T]

Nice to stay on topic for once?

Maybe Reason should require an IQ above 80 to post so that people have the enough reading comprehension to respond to the article.

[SQRLSY]

"God forbid something happens; we want our NATION to be safe."

Was aping, from the article, "God forbid something happens; we want our children to be safe," said Wilson.

Children of the nation is a sub-set of the nation... INTELLIGENT people KNOW that Dear Orange Leader IS the nation or at least THE Government Almighty (in the minds of many), so if we want the children to be safe, the nation needs to be safe! Safe from the TrumptatorShit and His Imperial Tariff-taxes Cummands, especially, at the moment! I am merely trying to point this out to the stupid people!

(They are mostly too stupid to listen, to be sure.)

[Sometimes a Great Notion]

Finally, shorter older brothers to the back of the car where you belong!

[Thought about __ all my life]

Parents care more than lawmakers do about their own children.
Notice the complete abandonment of just publishing the information. Like climate change, and Covid, and the Inflation Reduction Act --- the 'facts' convince almost nobody.

[Earth-based Human Skeptic]

Parents? Are they experts? And are they dedicated to imposing the correct ideologies and promoting the correct narratives?

Geez, if you want to give people freedom and autonomy, why even have a democracy?

[Thought about __ all my life]

I expect HIllary to come on argue that if we ban all car travel no children will die in car accidents.

[Vernon Depner]

Just keep children inside their 15-minute neighborhoods and they'll be safe.

[Yuno Hoo]

riding shotgun

In *California*?! Dude, *please*!!

[mad.casual]

If 90s counter-cultural virtue signalling taught me anything it's that, apparently, people living in the Evil Empire haven't seen a brown-skinned man since their grandparents bought one.

[Medulla Oblongata]

"God forbid something happens; we want our children to be safe," said Wilson.

Then just don't fucking put them in the car. Lock them in their bubble-wrap lined rooms.

[Rise of the Impedance]

She can bubble-wrap her children as much as she wants to. As for mine, Rep Lori Wilson can go fuck off.

[Medulla Oblongata]

8 years old...can opt for gender-reaffirming treatment and surgery, but can't ride in the car without a booster seat.

[Longtobefree]

Just for the record, Chuck, using California is like using (used to be) Great Britain; too easy, doesn't count as a brickbat. Maybe a marshmallow paddle.

[Earth-based Human Skeptic]

Do these shorty rules apply to Paul Krugman?

[Vernon Depner]

Let's see pics of Robert Reich in his booster seat.

[Incunabulum]

If parents aren't already doing this, *do* they want their children to be saf?

[Think It Through]

Imagine being a short 12-year-old being dropped off at school by getting out of a booster seat.

[Incunabulum]

If parents aren't already doing this, *do* they want their children to be safe?

[MatthewSlyfield]

"and teens up to 16 years old would also be banned from riding shotgun unless they meet the height requirements."

So someone could be old enough to drive and still not be allowed to sit in the front passenger seat?

Make it make sense.

[Longtobefree]

Forget it Matt, it's California.

[Don't look at me! (No longer muted!)]

The safest thing is to leave your kids at home at all times.
That way I don’t have to hear them screaming in restaurants.

[Eeyore]

No exemptions for families with at least 3 kids? Does everyone have to own a bus? Do you hate the environment?

[Eeyore]

What about families of adult midgets?

[Vernon Depner]

What if the child identifies as being taller?