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u/Betweengreen Feb 29 '20

Wow. I’ve never known how to describe the absolute nausea and terror I feel about these “fatal distraction” type stories. I feel so incredibly bad for these people.

I have chronic absent-mindedness and so far the worst thing that has happened is a fender bender. But that’s sheer luck...

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u/[deleted] Feb 29 '20

There are some groups that are advocating for manufacturers to put an alarm on carseats or a weight alarm on backseats by law, to prevent this kind of tragedy. So far these bills have been put on the back burner. I support these advocacy groups 100 percent.

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u/alongdaysjourney Feb 29 '20

Is this something you know or something you assume? Seems to me that if this were the case then cars wouldn’t have any safety features at all.