Posted on 04/03/2025 8:17:29 AM PDT by artichokegrower
Calling “shotgun” to ride in the front seat may no longer be an option for small-sized California middle and high schoolers.
Citing crash statistics that show small-framed children, regardless of age, are disproportionately hurt in crashes when not in the back seat or using a booster seat, traffic safety advocates are pushing for a controversial bill that would ban teens up to 16 years old from sitting in the front seat if they’re not tall enough.
(Excerpt) Read more at calmatters.org ...
What about a single seat pick-up or two-seater car? Idiots.
At least they are not making them sit in a car seat. /s
I guess that is next.
Just damn. So instead of arresting illegals and dope dealers, they are going to be writing tockets for 14 year olds in the front seat.🙄
I have no problem with defunding the police: all they are anymore is revenue collectors for their goobermint overlords.
And they’ll still vote for democrats
California is insane.
When I was a teen, I always wanted to ride in the back. I would call “Rosa Parks!”
Funny, everybody did that. Don’t forget the 2 minute rule.
In California you can’t drive unless it’s a non-Tesla EV and you have a booster seat. Oh yeah, the power brownouts mean you can’t charge either.
Curse you, Babylon Bee! You got me!
Makes as much sense as motorcycle cops handing out tickets for not wearing a seatbelt.
OK, out of the car. Stand up straight. You are under the limit for the front seat. Book em Dano.
But the bass turds still want them to be able to vote. Commie lib demonRATs are feral and rabid animals. We don’t need dog catchers anymore. We need liberal catchers.
Okay, fine. So long as 10 year olds can still decide to get sex change operations and 14 year old girls can get abortions without informing their parents or identifying the teacher that knocked them up......
Looks to me like California has pushed past just being a Nanny state. What’s the next level on that continuum?
Perhaps it’s Big Brother state.
Oops! “Brother” is sexist. Can’t have that! Big Person state?
Like those Disney rides... “You must be THIS tall to ride on this ride!”
teens ride in the back of the truck or in the trunk of a two seater. no exceptions.
The problem is the shoulder belts.
On people who are shot/petite, the shoulder belt might ride across the neck instead of across the sternum and over the shoulder.
I care for a very short loved one who had that problem in one of our cars and the adjustment wasn’t enough to solve the problem.
So she either rode in the back seat or we took the car that allowed the shoulder belt to be worn properly.
Apparently CA doesn’t trust people to figure that out for themselves.
...short/petite...
Exactly. Totally unnecessary and intrusive. Does that prevent short people from driving cars? It's not a Disneyland ride. It wouldn't have impacted me. I grew from 4 ft 9 in at age 11 to 6 ft 3/8 in at age 12. 115 lbs.
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