>>Some things are obvious. Or used to be.
Do you have childrent?
If so, How old are they now?
How many do you have?
(There are never enough seats.)
(The kids won't ride in them after their siblings get to walk.)
5 feet; the mom was within visual range of the child. That's doing pretty good from what I have seen in Wal Mart.
Or consider an alternative scenario: If there was a snarling pit bull 5 feet away (a potentially deadly object) I would hope the mother would have opted for the duct tape.