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Washington State: Kids could be stuck in booster seats until 16
The Everett Herald ^ | May 11, 2007 | Scott Pesznecker and Melissa Slager

Posted on 05/11/2007 6:54:57 AM PDT by Stoat

Thousands of Washington children will be forced back into car and booster seats next month when a change to state law takes effect.

On June 1, children will have to stay in the safety seats until they are at least 8 years old or 4 feet, 9 inches tall.

Violators face a $112 ticket.

About half of all children between 6 to 8 years old will be affected by the change, according to safety advocates.

"It's going to be a big challenge for those kids who have been out of the booster seat to get back," said Shawneri Guzman of Snohomish County SAFE KIDS, a nonprofit group that works to prevent childhood injuries.

The change means parents such as Renee Shonko, 44, of Lake Stevens must break the news to their children.

Daughters Lexi, 8, and Karly, 10, aren't exactly thrilled to be going back into booster seats.

"I don't like it," said Karly, who at 4-foot-8 (with shoes on) is taller than most of her classmates. But that's not tall enough for a seat belt to fit her properly.

Currently, children are required to ride in booster seats until they're 6 years old or weigh 60 pounds.

The changes also require children to use booster seats until they are 16 years old if a vehicle's seat belt does not properly fit the child.

Another change requires children younger than 13 to ride in the back seat whenever possible. They're allowed to ride in the front only if the vehicle has no lap-and-shoulder belts in the back seat.


 

(Excerpt) Read more at heraldnet.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: automotive; booster; boosterseat; cars; driving; kids; nannystate; nocrimeinwashington; safetynazis; stupidity; washington
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To: Grammy

You could get a station wagon...


101 posted on 05/11/2007 8:16:30 AM PDT by null and void (The truth. It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with great caution.)
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To: the OlLine Rebel

see post 80


102 posted on 05/11/2007 8:16:31 AM PDT by kerryusama04 (John 19:31)
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To: Stoat; Just another Joe; CSM; lockjaw02; Publius6961; elkfersupper; nopardons; metesky; Mears; ...
Nanny State ping!!!!!!!!!!!!!
103 posted on 05/11/2007 8:17:51 AM PDT by Gabz (Nemo me impune lacessit (Latin for "No-one provokes me with impunity"))
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To: Stoat

*KA-CHING!* for Graco!

*KA-CHING!* for Washington state!


104 posted on 05/11/2007 8:18:33 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue.)
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To: GraniteStateConservative

THAT was my thought.....this could be a great way to teach kids to vote conservative!


105 posted on 05/11/2007 8:19:02 AM PDT by goodnesswins (We need to cure Academentia)
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To: Stoat
Thanks for the reminder - I got to reading the thread and forgot to ping the list :)


106 posted on 05/11/2007 8:19:41 AM PDT by Gabz (Nemo me impune lacessit (Latin for "No-one provokes me with impunity"))
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To: wastedyears

Their calves are smushed up against the seat edge. Soft tissue has a way of moving around when force is applied.


107 posted on 05/11/2007 8:20:27 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue.)
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To: Gabz

Thank you very much for pinging your list   :-)

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108 posted on 05/11/2007 8:21:04 AM PDT by Stoat (Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
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To: Anitius Severinus Boethius

How did your cousins survive?

How did I survive?

Now NOONE is “allowed” to ride in the beds!


109 posted on 05/11/2007 8:22:49 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue.)
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To: Bigh4u2

DISCRIMINATION!


110 posted on 05/11/2007 8:24:26 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue.)
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To: the OlLine Rebel

Except the dogs. They still have freedom. Even the picture with the article shows a happy puppy between the embarrassed and “protected” children.

But give it time and even doggies will have to be restrained in a vehicle.


111 posted on 05/11/2007 8:25:27 AM PDT by Anitius Severinus Boethius
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To: metesky

I do too.

I loved never having to wear a seatbelt, being able to stand up through the moonroof, lounging in the back of pick-up beds, being driven by my brother in a simple bicycle seat in relative freedom, riding bicycles EVERYWHERE without ANY kind of “armor”.

I survived it all. I even had several bike accidents, including 1 hitting the side of a moving car, me full speed. Broke my arm, but not my head. ;-)


112 posted on 05/11/2007 8:27:30 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue.)
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To: Anitius Severinus Boethius

Oh, you must have missed the article from last week.


113 posted on 05/11/2007 8:28:06 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue.)
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To: metesky

Your old man let you have your own “ho?”

Mine wouldn’t even let me read Playboy.


114 posted on 05/11/2007 8:29:10 AM PDT by Old Professer (The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, and writes again.)
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To: ShadowAce

Read the guide. It says “or AT LEAST 4’9””.


115 posted on 05/11/2007 8:29:26 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue.)
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To: the OlLine Rebel
It says “or AT LEAST 4’9””.

Then the article is wrong in its implications.

116 posted on 05/11/2007 8:31:41 AM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: AnAmericanMother
Did it look like this?


117 posted on 05/11/2007 8:33:52 AM PDT by Old Professer (The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, and writes again.)
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To: Scotswife

IIRC, there is a simple device 1 can buy to clip and slip on the shoulder belt. It goes over the actual shoulder portion, and the vertical length that goes up to the “pulley” (highest point) leading to the shoulder portion. This way, instead of the very-high “pulley” being the driver of the shoulder-portion angle, the device is. You can bring down the angle so it better fits across smaller people.

This would be a better “requirment” (if I believed in universal safety regulations) than the very expensive and elaborate “seats”.


118 posted on 05/11/2007 8:34:28 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue.)
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To: Sue Perkick; null and void
Cinq Ans Après

Ah, yes, I wrote the “Purple Cow” —
I’m sorry, now, I wrote it!
But I can tell you, anyhow,
I’ll kill you if you quote it.

— Gelett Burgess.


119 posted on 05/11/2007 8:36:09 AM PDT by dighton
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To: Stoat

The same argument could be made for solitary confinement for all prisoners.


120 posted on 05/11/2007 8:36:51 AM PDT by Old Professer (The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, and writes again.)
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