[honeygrl]

"You're right, honeygirl. Statistically speaking, the back seat is the safest spot, but you have to be practical, too. IMO, this is probably why the escape provisions I've noted were added to the child restraint laws."

Another thing I was thinking of this morning. If these people against her here were to put themselves in her shoes and think about it for a while, I'm not so sure they would do it much different than she. I mean, after being raped twice by a cop, are you going to sit alone at a rest stop if no one else is around? Are you going to pull over in an isolated area for a cop? If she had to drive a while to find a public area then it sounds like she was pretty isolated. I'm not saying it was a good idea. I am just saying that I can totally see why she did it after hearing about the cop rape thing.

[ChemistCat]

I don't fault her at all for not pulling over till she felt safe about it. Every woman should know THAT. It's basic common sense in a dangerous world. A PCJ could be anywhere.

I fault her for putting her baby between her body and a steering wheel in order to make trouble for other people--to prove a point. That's all. A 7 month old is a wiggly creature. One minute she's a snuggly bundle, but then suddenly she'll decide she wants down NOW to crawl and she's like a greased pig.

Had the woman been a passenger I'd question her judgment nursing in a moving vehicle but I wouldn't urge criminal charges--just a physics course and a review of some gory driver's ed videos. (Dear lady, you might reconsider leaning over that carseat to nurse yours--a minor accident could lead to babies with no mommy all too easily. Make your husband stop the car. Build that stop-time into your travel. And to heck with the prudes!)

Since she was driving, unlicensed, unregistered, uninsured, and unaided by another adult--I can't see this as anything but deliberate and a high risk to everyone around her--including her baby and any other babies on the road around her.

My mom does some things while driving interstate that scare me. Putting hot sauce on and eating tacos! She also has driven 40+ years with no accident. In my opinion, it's just the happy side of statistics--"hunneds o' times ain't nuffin happened at all."

But that doesn't compare to nursing a 7 month old.

[Xenalyte]

I mean, after being raped twice by a cop, are you going to sit alone at a rest stop if no one else is around?

I'd buy a gun, myself.

[Luis Gonzalez]

"...after being raped twice by a cop..."

She was not, read post #609.