>>>>So we're talking about 55 kids or so. I am not saying "no big deal" but it does seem to confirm what I said about the unlikelihood of it happening.
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>>>>How many air travelers die yearly in the states? How many millions of air travelers wear seatbelts in the US? Of those in plane crashes, for how many did the seatbelt make a difference?
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>>>>You may as well take precautionary measures against being hit by lightning.
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>>>>Yeah, by wearing a tin-foil helmet, right? ;-)
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>>>Bounceback! <g>
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>>>I am not adamant on the bike helmet issue, or even sure that I am right. That's seldom the case.
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>>>My own upbringing is probably a factor. My mom was overprotective to a fault, with no thought that the things she considered prudent would be considered geeky by my contemporaries. I guess that's the heart of the matter right there. Nobody wants their kids to die, duh, but we don't want them to be regarded as geeks, either.
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>>When you and I were kids, there were no bicycle helmets; so nobody wore one. When my dad was a kid, there were no seat belts in cars, so nobody wore one. Good ideas evolve.
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>There was a time when seatbelts were optional equipment that you paid for or they threw in as a bonus. Years and years ago, you could choose between seatbelts and other options. Seatbelts weren't chosen very often because no one wore them.

But that was in my lifetime (I think sometimes you forget just how ancient I really am). When my dad was a kid, nobody'd ever heard of seatbelts. Of course, he was driving a tractor or riding the rails at the time. ;)