Child Ordered to attend Traffic Class
June 5, 2009 by Eliza Ferree
Filed under Family, Parenting
Honestly I loved reading this article and I know not many will agree. But too often I see a child not buckled and moving around in
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A 5-year-old boy (in New Mexico) was ordered to go to traffic class when he refused to buckle up. A judge actually ordered the boy, David Kirk-Peet and his mother to attend the class. I’m not sure what this class entails but they quoted him to saying the following:
He promised to buckle up, saying: “You want to get safe.”
I applaud this judge and think more should force this class on those that get caught without the buckle. The child also got a certificate for attending the class, but I’m wondering if this is the type of class that shows what can happen to those that don’t buckle up. Anyone know? Do you think this was right? How do you keep yours buckled up? We have the do it or we don’t drive method.
I attended traffic school once, and it ranked in the top ten of the most ridiculously stultifying experiences of my life. I got nothing out of it (not that I expected to, except for penance), but I also saw and heard nothing that could possibly make an impact on a five-year-old. Unless the class in NM is much different from the one I attended, the child would learn more from a one on one visit to the police station to talk to the officers.
We also did the not moving until buckled thing. It sure slows things down, but it’s better than just letting them bounce around the car because they won’t listen.