Holywar in the making
Feb. 14th, 2011 01:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
elarbeeI 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?
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?
