What would YOU do?

[LosingMyMindInGA]

Here's the scenario:  

You are driving down the road and the car in front of you has small children (carseat age) that are either NOT restrained in their carseats or there ARE no carseats.  What would you do?

[Melka76]

I would have given the dirty look and probably yelled some crap at them .... but if I saw the mother pull the kid to the front seat I would have called the cops... I really can not come up with anything --- I am just in shock.

[trying_x_3]

I would completely ignor the police...If you push something hard enough they have to cave...btw I'm from Georiga too...The laws with children aren't that great, my "bad" aunt was doing drugs and all kinds of other disgusting stuff around her kids, putting them in danger and GOD knows what else...it took a lot of calling and pressuring for us to get someone to do something about it. The cops can say all they wont about "not worrying about it" but like I said, you keep pushing and they'll have to start taking you seriously!!!

[ConnieG]

Oh my goodness.  Well good for ya'll calling anyway!! I can't believe the cops are like that.  But at least you know you did everything you could.

[Ashelen]

ammanda...isn't Rachel in the south, too? I don't know what it is but a lot of people have babies young here in the south, and then do REALLY stupid things with them. I know that happens everywhere, but I've seen what mom2ariana described SO many times...and twice I actually stood outside of the car and waited to make sure the parent was going to be back shortly and told them that I would call the police if I ever saw it again when they got there. One time I called the police because I stood out there for 5 minutes, there was a 2 or 3 year old boy strapped into a closed car with no windows up and no A/C in the middle of a FL summer....and I don't know how long he had been there before I got there, but after 5 minutes I called the cops, waited until they got there (another 8 minutes) and said if they didn't charge the woman I would personally find her and beat her @$$. there was something in the news about her getting busted the next day...but it made me rather irate.


I also was driving on the highway yesterday with DH and he goes "WTF?! stupid ******** (some unrepeatable words)" and pointed at the car next to us where this child still young enough to use a sippy cup (maybe 2, MAYBE 3) was sitting in a car with the windows completely down and he wasn't restrained AT ALL while his dad was smoking a joint in the front seat and blaring his music....we tried to get his license plate number but, no surprise, he HAD no license plate. we called the FHP but we were already out of town and he tore out of the stoplight so I have no clue if he was caught or not.

[ammanda]

Oh wow i am completely disgusted that nothing was done to that ma, not only for endangering his children but for the horrible threats towards your DH.  This world is so messed up, there so worried about making the stupid laws about no smoking in bars and crap, then worrying about crap like this

Which reminds me, Mom2Ariana, text-ed me and said she just pulled into a parking lot and there were two children in the car windows rolled up, hot as heck outside and the parents were in the store.  I was shocked, that irritates me so bad.  then about 20 minutes after she tells me that, I went up town to get some dinner, and pulled into the grocery store and there was 2 kids in the car by themselves.  One about 6 or 7 and the other had to be maybe 2 or 3.  and the keys were left in the car and the car was on.  they were jumping around rolling the windows up and down, music blaring.  and what is that mother thinking not only leaving them out there, but leaving the keys in there and the car started, that 7 year old could have put it in gear or something.. some people are so dumb, it irritates me.  If i would have time i would have sat there till there mother came out and said something to her.  I could never imagine leaving my baby in the car alone, or in the heat like that.  I would be worried of over heating him, or someone stealing them.  There a child molesters out there, kidnappers.  Kids are being taking everyday.. and parents just don't seem to care... Im so like shocked to read this.. i would def. had done the same thing your Dh had done.. Kudos to him, hes a great guy and can def. tell hes a great father!

[LosingMyMindInGA]

I agree.  Unfortunately where I am there's a lot of "small town politics" going on. Unless it's something THEY consider an emergency they'd rather not be bothered.  Talking to the Chief or the Sheriff wouldn't get anything done. BEcuase they themselves could care less.  Most of the cops around here are too fat to do anything to begin with.  

We don't have a shortage of police and matter of fact on any given day you can see several cars huddle in parking lots while they shoot the breeze becuase they have nothing to do.  

The most exciting thing that's happened here recently was a cop shot a guy who attacked him and tried to get his gun (the guy had JUST gotten outta jail, go figure) and then some dipwad killed himself playing russion roulette.  But even those two incidents happened 2 weeks apart.  So they don't have the excuse of prioritizing what constitutes and emergency..the only excuse they have is sheer laziness.

I almost tihnk they deliberately choose the laziest people to become deputies.  When DH worked at the jail we watched all the guys who had gotten in trouble, or didn't do their jobs, get sent to mandate to become deputies while the guys who did their jobs, never broke the rules and were extremely reliable were passed over time and time again.


Gotta love a small town.  It just slays me that the cops around here are so "forgiving" of all these people putting their children in harms way.