Comments on: Infant left in car in Concord http://thecrawfordfamily.net/blog/?p=418 My personal/Catholic blog Sat, 08 Oct 2011 01:31:23 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 By: Brian http://thecrawfordfamily.net/blog/?p=418#comment-509 Fri, 27 Jul 2007 23:52:48 +0000 /blog/?p=418#comment-509 Funny, I had been thinking something similar, although I had not heard the tragic news of this child.

My godson always sits in the back seat when I pick him up. I’ve talked about being disturbed by it before and it was particularly notable as he sat in the back quietly and played his gameboy.

Personally, I remember with great fondness riding in the front seat and talking to my mom. The back seat makes conversation much less convenient and natural. I drive a car which disables the air bag when someone small is in the front seat. And he is 9 now, so I had decided that I was probably going to let him sit up front from now on. Maybe I’ll check with his mom.

But you are absolutely right that there are times when we try to get so specific in our legislation that we lose sight of what might be unintended consequences.

Thanks,
Brian

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