Says who?

Wasn't it Spiro Agnew who first said, "There are fools, and there are damned fools."

I think we have plenty of evidence of people who belong in that second category. Submitted for your approval:

I mean, have you ever? I suggest that this woman visit her local shock-trauma center.  A three-minute conversation with any nurse or doctor will swiftly disabuse her of the notion that "most accidents are minor fender benders anyway."

And she doesn't know of anyone who's been in an accident with their baby in the car. Oh. I have never known of anyone who was injured jumping off a Beltway Bridge at morning rush hour, so that must be safe as well. (Disclaimer: I have never known anyone who jumped off a bridge, anyway, but that means no one I know was hurt by doing it.)

It would seem that this woman read in some hippie magazine that Container Baby Syndrome is harmful. That's what happens when a baby is put into too many restrictive devices.

But I don't think any sentient human would consider a child safety seat too restrictive, even if they are a really safe driver, and how can it hurt little Agamemnon to fly around inside the Buick for a while after a collision? It's probably only a little fender-bender anyway.

There is always someone who will tell you that their grandpa smoked ten packs of Raleighs daily, guzzled rotgut, and ate nothing but salami three times a day. ("And HE lived to be 47!")

Somewhere along the path of civilization, someone decided not to listen to the experts. Remember the great sage Tony Dukoupil taking over the CBS Evening News and saying he wanted to report on what the everyday people were saying and not listen to the experts so much?

There's a reason why experts are experts, and people like this safety-seat skeptic are not.