Re: California: 15 is Too Young to Ride in Front Seat

On Mon, 7 Apr 2025 21:57:19 -0700, anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net>
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shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:

On Mon, 7 Apr 2025 18:55:47 -0700, anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net>
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shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:

On Mon, 7 Apr 2025 20:05:23 -0000 (UTC), BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com>
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On Apr 7, 2025 at 12:47:31 PM PDT, "shawn" <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com>
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On Mon, 7 Apr 2025 18:28:26 -0000 (UTC), BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com>
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On Apr 7, 2025 at 11:02:49 AM PDT, ""Adam H. Kerman"" <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
 

BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:

Apr 5, 2025 at 4:32:10 PM PDT, Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com>:

2025-04-05 6:02 PM, BTR1701 wrote:

 

Wait, so California says children as young as 12 can "change their gender"
and consent to life-altering medical procedures without their parents'
consent (or even knowledge) but they're not mature enough to ride in the
front seat of a car until they're 16.

 

The California legislature seems to be permanently set on April Fools Clown
Mode.

 

https://ibb.co/4RnTHKLt

 

They may have gotten the idea from the Brits. It's been illegal for kids
under 16 (or it may be 14) to sit in the front seat in the UK for quite
a few years.

 

My question (beyond the absurdity mentioned above) is what if you don't
have a back seat? There are plenty of sports cars that only have a
driver and a passenger seat and a lot of pickup trucks also don't have
back seats. Do you have to go out and buy a whole new vehicle just to
accommodate this silly law?

 
As always, it's so much worse than you say.
 
I have no idea what equipment is required in the UK. In the US,
passenger-side airbags are required. The driver's side airbag is much
smaller because of the proximity of the steering wheel but the dashboard is
farther away. In a crash, a child is in far more danger of a neck injury
from the inflation of the airbag than concussion from hitting his head
on the windshield.
 
The statute requiring passenger-side airbags is routinely cited as
having done more harm than good, resulting in more deaths than lives
saved. Parents may put infants in car seats in the passenger seat. This is
not negligence but misunderstanding, for there's no reason why an infant,
properly restrained in a car seat in the passenger seat, wouldn't survive
a crash with just bruising. But due to the airbag's inflation, the infant
will die. Depending on how much an older child or teenager weighs, yeah,
the airbag might cause serious trauma or death when the seatbelt with
shoulder harness would have been sufficient.

 
So if we're going to have an intrusive nanny-state law like this, shouldn't
it
at least be size based, not age based? Wouldn't Peter Dinklage at age 55 be
in
just as much danger as a 13-year-old?
 

 
I should have read ahead.. Some pistachio almond ice cream headed your
way.

 
Just make sure it melts. I don't want any of that anim8r ice cream that can
sit on an Arizona sidewalk in high summer and not melt!
 

 
You don't want some Great Value ice cream sandwiches?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpdwJudCTlQ
 

 
OMG
 
You’ve actually found someone stupider and more vacant than Sandra Lee.
 
She padded a five minute video out to 20 minutes by distracting herself.
Shiny!

 
I will give this one to her. Youtube keeps changing the algorithm.
Last I heard if you wanted to monetize your video it has to be at
least ten minutes long or you get penalized. (Not sure if it won't
earn any money or it just earns much less.) So padding a video is a
common thing.
 

Every time she called us her lovelies I realized she’s actually an evil
witch.
 
Who the hell thinks room temperature is 62° and is surprised when stuff
isn’t melting like it’s in a blast furnace?

 
Yeah, even regular ice cream isn't going to flow the way she expects
at that temp. At least she did place the sandwiches in the oven for a
few minutes to show which ones would melt somewhat like we expect.
 

>
Yeah, she thinks 84° is summer. She lives in a very very different
temperature zone than I do.

That's like the people I know who in Los Angeles who will call temps
in the 60s freezing. I guess if you live in that sort of climate long
enough it becomes your norm. We don't have your 110F summer days but
we do have temps in the 90s regularly along with 50-90% humidity.
So I get the temps to have it be a race when eating an ice cream cone
between your finishing it or it melting and hitting the sidewalk.

>

I hate her more than life itself.
 
PS: the Walmart does indeed sell chocolate ice cream sandwiches. The thing
is, there’s absolutely no English writing on the package.

 
So where are they coming from? It would be strange to ship ice cream
from China, but I could see it coming from Mexico.
 

>
It’s not English characters. I assume it’s Asian. I’m going to see if I can
find a link that will work for you.

I found it. Looks to be an Oreo Ice Cream Sandwich imported from
Taiwan.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Oreo-Chocolate-Ice-Cream-Flavored-Sandwich-Cookies-Imported-from-Taiwan-6-oz-2-Packs/13360269991?classType=VARIANT&from=/search

Would not have expected something like that to even be imported since
it would be so easy to make here.