Tell me your stories. I used to get quite pissed when I was pressured to ride in an unsafe vehicle for FS. When my daughter was little, I was under constant pressure to let her ride without a car seat. I wouldn't budge, and one time they even suggested they would not be able to find room, so I offered to go home instead. I always found that quite ignorant and unloving. What about bloodguilt and our precious gifts?
But I have watched many times when young mothers would cave to this and carry their children on their laps---even tiny babies. I NEVER allowed that in my car and told them if they didn't have a proper carseat they could not ride with me. Like I need a dead baby on my conscience! And another thing I saw a lot of, were young sisters not securing the car seat properly because there was no room. So they'd put their little one in the seat, but use a shoulder belt without a lock to secure the seat. The seat would just pivot all over.
Then there was this insane sister who drove this huge ungodly van. Everyone would pile into it, but the last row of seats were not attached to the floor! So with every stop, the entire seat would fall forward. Then she'd say in this self righteous voice that it was either that or they couldn't use the van. Because of pressure, I ended up in this beast's van but wouldn't sit in the unsecured seats. Still, had something happened, the brothers in the seat and the seat itself would become flying projectiles.
Such is the ignorance of these mouth breathers. They just think that holy spirit is with them and will protect them.
NC