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> In 2019, 608 child passengers age 12 and younger died in motor vehicle crashes, and more than 91,000 were injured.

> Child restraint systems are often used incorrectly. An estimated 46% of car seats and booster seats are misused in a way that could reduce their effectiveness.

https://www.cdc.gov/transportationsafety/child_passenger_saf...

Do you also oppose mandating car seats and seat belts?

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No, and indeed we already do.

It also illustrates a point: some people are really quite paranoid about their kids and covid but happily take other higher risks like driving around their kids in cars, which even with safety devices pose a higher risk, citing the data you just posted.

I would oppose checkpoints which denied people travel privileges unless their seatbelts were checked to be used properly.

That kind of argument is disingenuous flamebait and ought to be flagged.

By the same logic, are car seats and seat belts injected into the body?

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