Holywar in the making
elarbee — 15.02.2011 I was driving to Kaiser (of all places) the other day and was stopped at a red light for a little while. In the car next to me, I saw a man behind the wheel and a woman with a baby in the back. The kid looked to be 8-12 months old. She had him or her out of the car seat and trying to stand up, holding him by the armpits.I seriously considered calling 911 and reporting their plates to the police so that they can get pulled over for not having the kid strapped in. I don't even know what the punishment for something like that would be - a stern warning? A ticket? They'd probably pop him back in as soon as they saw the cops. Honestly, I think the only thing that stopped me from calling was that I would have been using the phone illegally, and then I went into an underground lot with no reception.
I really feel very strongly about this and it bothers me immensely every time I read about Russian moms not using car seats. These people are convinced that infant spines are unbendable, or that nothing bad can happen to them, or other stupid reasons. If I post this to a Russian community I'm sure it'll bring a rain of shit upon me (with calls of стукачество, too).
This may be another instance where you could call me anti-Russian. But really, in most such cases, I'm anti-stupid.
What would you have done?
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