One set of parents defied the nanny state so-called experts in Washington giving all sorts of oppressive guidance on seat belts. Presumably the parents of the cousin riding with them agreed. Everyone blocked in traffic may not have agreed, but that is the price of freedom, much like getting shot down randomly at the mall when a patriot has a grievance that cannot be expressed any other way, and wants to communicate to the DC tyrants that the militia is ready to resist. BRANDON — On Wednesday afternoon, before Interstate 75 typically begins to swell with rush-hour traffic, a Clearwater man drove a pickup south along a stretch of the highway in Brandon. Riding with the man, troopers say, was a 34-year-old woman, their 12-year-old son and the boy’s 14-year-old cousin, who was visiting from out of state. When the man tried to change lanes just north of the Lee Roy Selmon Expressway interchange, his truck collided with another pickup and flipped over, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The crash killed all four people in the first pickup. None of them were wearing seat belts and all four were ejected from the truck, troopers said. Unbelted, all four killed Unbelted, all four killed - Tampa Bay Times
Using the same logic that the anti-vaxxers are using since there are cases in which seat belts have contributed to deaths their use should not be mandated. The fact that the number of lives saved through the use of seat belts is far greater than any adverse consequences from their use is irrelevant. An Immediate Death by Seat Belt Compression; a Forensic Medicine Report Understanding Seatbelt-Induced Injuries Leading to Death
I feel sorry for the out of state parents of the cousin who was visiting the irresponsible couple. Wasn’t their own negligence that cost their son his life.
