Reply #5: I have a friend like that - she's a moran [View All]

[skygazer]

When her kids were little, they never wore their seatbelts - I was appalled. I asked her why she didn't make them - her reply? "I can't. They won't keep them on." :wtf: Who the hell is the parent here? Who's in charge?

I took care of the little rat bastards on a couple of occasions (six of them - don't ask me why. She'd have them and then neglect them all). They bloody well wore their seatbelts in MY car. I flatly refused to drive if they weren't all buckled in and the minute one of them UN buckled, the car lurched to a stop and I told them flat out that I would not continue until they put it back on. End of problem.

Eventually, she got rear-ended - one of the smaller fry who was standing up in the back seat flew over the seats and crashed into the windshield, getting a concussion and needing a couple of stitches for the cut the rear view mirror gave him. If they'd been going faster, he would have been killed. Still didn't teach her anything, though.

If people like that had a kid die in such an accident, they wouldn't learn. They'd cry and moan and gnash their teeth and BLAME EVERYBODY ELSE but they wouldn't learn. Guaranteed.