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Originally Posted by hulkrogan
I wasn't at all suggesting it would be feasible to do something different here, I just find the massive difference in attitude interesting.
It's the same thing with the autobahn in Germany. No speed limit is ludicrous. I don't think there is any arguing that you aren't at higher risk with people doing 250km/h in the adjacent lane.
On the other hand... some of the crazy measures that are now "normal" for child safety seem like we waste a lot of time protecting the 0.00001% case of infant danger instead of the 0.1% stuff.
I can already tell that when the time comes I'm going to find it all confusing as hell.
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Oh I agree. It's ridiculous. I grew up on a farm driving tractors and running power tools as a pre-teen. My dad stuck me behind the wheel of his Bronco 2 at age 10 to learn to drive stick. This was on a road, not the farm. No seatbelt? No problem!!
I fight the fight as much as I can, but make no mistake; if you appear to be putting your kids in some type of "risk" you will be shunned HEAVILY by the soccer mom crowd. We're raising a generation of pansies IMO, but that's a different topic for a different thread.
I'm just looking for ideas from the peanut gallery on how to avoid the minivan conundrum. I would prefer to stay away from the massive cargo ships (LOVE my Touareg), but I don't think at this point there is any other alternative.