| Re: Seat-belt warning after baby on mother's lap is catapulted 150ft through car windscreen at 80mph. |
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Group: uk.transport · Group Profile
Author: AdrianAdrian Date: Jul 31, 2008 00:35
Doug riseup.net> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were
saying:
> How motorist parents can expose their children to such dangers, by
> speeding, is a mystery to me.
No, nothing to do with "speeding".
Everything to do with shoddy basic maintenance (underinflated tyre) and
utter stupidity (taking kid out of seat to feed it on the m-way),
combined with probably more than a little bit of distracted driver as his
missus was dragging a screaming sprog past his ear.
> Is it any wonder that they, and the car culture as a whole, cares
> little for the lives of others on our roads?
How many innocent bystanders were killed, then? The bit you posted
doesn't mention anybody other than the fuckwit's own crotchfruit.
The gene pool is a little clearer.
> "Parents were yesterday warned to keep young children properly
> restrained in the car after a toddler was thrown 150ft to her death when
> the family's BMW crashed while she was on her mother's lap.
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> Eighteen-month- old Angel Nguyen had been strapped into a child seat
> until moments before the accident at 80mph on the M4.
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> But just after her mother took the child out to feed her, an under-
> inflated tyre blew.
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> Angel's father lost control of the car which mounted a grass bank before
> somersaulting back on to the carriageway and ending up on its roof..."
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