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>For a child under the age of 6 and less than 60 pounds not in a car seat, the first and only car crash IS usually fatal....hence the law.
Then why are there so few deaths per year as a result? NHTSA says that in 2005 there were 450 deaths of children under age 5 as a result of motor vehicle accidents, 151 from unrestrained children. In 2004 (don't have 2005 data available) there were 430 drowning deaths in that same age bracket, despite the fact that there had to be millions of more opportunities to die in a car wreck than to drown.
Also, most car crashes for any age group and any level of restraint are non-fatal, I don't know where you pulled that from.
So how, exactly, am I a bad parent for doing something relatively safe (driving with the kid unrestrained) but not for doing something relatively dangerous (taking her to the pool)?
>100% of parents do not intentionally and habitually endanger the life of their child.
Yes, they do. Anyone that does anything with their child endangers its life.
>Your children ARE NOT SAFE. You intentionally place their lives in mortal danger at least once a week without any sign of remorse.
My children are at an acceptable level of safety. I place their lives in mortal danger every minute of every day, just as does every parent on the planet does to their children.
I've never argued that car seats aren't safer than no car seats, I've only argued that they protect against such an unlikely event that failure to use them (especially for a short, slow drive home) doesn't constitute enough of a danger to warrant consideration.
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