Reader Comments

" What about kids on the school buses?

Here is your answer

This is an easy one this would require the goverment to pay for it? Since they care so much and force us to pay for seats which does not bother me in any way but if the goverment pays they simply do not care.

Imagine $30 dollar per car 1,345,901 cars in Kentucky add that up thats your answer from the get go.

We have to pay cause they care, they have to pay cause they do not care.

Simple as it gets. "

" To all of the people complaining about the new law. If you are responsible parents like you claim then why do you care about the new law, if you aren't responsible parents then maybe this will open your eyes and you will fasten your kids in. If you follow the law then you would not have anything to complain about "

" I think it is a good ideal for this new law..I think all kids should be in a booster seat and they should not be allowed to set in the front seat until the age of 13...Come on people think of your kids.This might save your kid life i didnt know that they would have to be in a car sear after the age of 4 but now i will be going out today and buying a new one "

" No one here has said they don't want to keep children safe - the vast majority of parents are responsible, law-abiding citizens who go to great lengths to keep their children safe. We are saying this law is ridiculous, and lawmakers (whose salaries are paid by our tax dollars) should be working toward remedies for more urgent problems. Man for Change aptly named a few - add to those drug dealers and bootleggers (which local law enforcement know exist), sexual predators, air pollution that runs rampant because those creating it are able to pay off officials to keep them quiet, contaminated water and food supplies, illegal immigrants living off our tax dollars when our elderly parents whose only income is social security go hungry because their income is deemed to high to qualify for assistance??? I could go on and on. The point is, lawmakers' time, efforts, and resource could be used in a far more productive manner than enforcing another law on the working class of the state. The state cries about budget and expense, but they create a law that will require more man hours to enforce - when they apparently don't have enough staff to halt to continuing REAL crime in the state? This law is just a notch in a belt, making it appear for publicity purposes that they care about the citizens. If they are that concerned about safety of children, make the school buses safer, and apply your laws to those as well. "

" I agree with many comments made here thus far. I believe our government is making way too many laws that govern how we live our every day lives (which we stand by and let happen by electing the same people time and time again). At the same time, laws, such as this, are made because some parents aren't responsible enough in ensuring the safety of their children.

I'm assuming that this law is not what I'm calling a "primary" pull-over law, meaning it isn't something that law-enforcement is going to look for to pull someone over (not to say they couldn't). However, if, in the effort of enforcing other violations (speeding, running lights, etc) or during one of the many road-checks, this is found a citation could/would be issued.

While I can see this as yet another way to congest law-enforcement resources and time in some ways, I do find it a little ridiculous that a local official would basically say they weren't going to worry with it. I do not think the law is requiring a 24/7 Booster Seat Task Force to be in helicopter and strategic placement to capture the vicious rogues who violate this law. I believe a simple "We'll be pursuing this violation in the same manner we pursue other seatbelt infractions." would've covered the question, without sounding like the county official picks and chooses only the laws they want to enforce.

The road to decline doesn't start with leaps and bounds, it starts with a crawl and picks up speed. If a small law is "nonsense" today what big law will be "nonsense" tomorrow? Just a thought!! "

" This is obviously a well intended law that will be very difficult to enforce. The LCSD is probably one of the best ran SO's in our great Commonwealth of Kentucky! "

" WHAT IS THE BIG DEAL???? WHY DO YOU NOT WANT TO KEEP THE KIDS SAFE? "

" hello--shouldn't our children's safety be no.1 priority. Gee what a sheriff we have, thanks for looking out for my son mr. lewis!! "

" What about kids on the school buses? "

" We will not have to worry about this much longer as the price of fuel, water,heat, electric,and food will not allow many people to go for a spin. Why do our local,state and federal legislatures think they are so much smarter than the people who elected them?It would be nice if they would take care of business that means something;like protecting from sub prime lenders, and predetory lendors
and mountain top coal removal and allowing for more oil exploration.
Our country's living standard is dropping terrible while the rest of the world is moving ahead. No wonder the congress has a 9 percent approval rating and the Ky. legislature is not far behind. Quit making unnecessary laws
that take up policemen and the courts time. Sure everyone needs to buckle up
but these kind of laws are ridiculous.
It is time for the people to speak up loud and clear to our congress people
and governors and leaders in Washington. "

" More laws, more laws please. I can't live my life with out a law telling me how to live. I will soon need a law before long to tell me how to die. Im all for the safety of the children. I just wish big brother would stop trying to make money off all of us. I'm not satisfied with our local police or the sheriff enforcing these state money traps. I hate setting in traffic for 10 mins while waiting for an officer to check my papers on these road blocks. If you turn around they will chase you and stop you for "avoiding them". I did not vote for our current Sheriff to be the highway patrol, I voted for him to be our Sheriff. I think our local law enforcement has their priorities mixed up. My neighbor had his converter cut off his vehicle while it sat in his driveway. I wonder if the person who did that drove thru a road block afterwards. I wonder if all the criminals wear their seatbelts? I know Im a criminal for not wearing mine. I guess its much easier to catch the working people for not clicking their seatbelt than catch that thief cutting on that catalytic converter. "

" YOU CAN COME TO AUGUSTA AND DRIVE ALL YOU WANT BECAUSE THE COPS WE HAVE WON'T EVEN ENFORCE THE CAR SEAT LAW NOW . EVERY DAY KIDS ARE STANDING UP IN SEATS NOT RESTRAINED "

" If the booster seats reduce death and injury to children so much that a law is warranted, then why aren't they required on school buses, carrying large numbers of small children twice a day? Do school buses even have seat belts? Agreed - there are far bigger fish to fry. "

" " This is a step in the right direction." We as parents should want to protect our children as much as possible. I mean what is really going to hurt for children to be in a booster seat? How would you feel if something would happen to your child and you found out that if he/she would have been in one of these booster seat's that they would have been ok? "

" looks to me like mr. lewis is afraid he is going to have to do a little more work to make sure children are safe. i think any law that will protect a child from being killed in a car wreck is worth the time it does not matter the age. "

" "I agree with Mr. Lewis there are more serious issues to deal with." I am sure parents take precautionary measures for the safety of their children. This is just another way for parents to spend money when there are seat beats already installed in vehicles. WOW! What can they think of next? We need the big dealers in drugs sought after. "

" People who are genuinely concerned about the safety of their children will most likely already have booster seats in place. Children only know what they have been taught. It would not be a waste of resources if even one life is saved. "

" Consider this: An officer pulls a person over because he/she suspects a child in the vehicle is under 7 or between 40 and 50 inches tall. It turns out the child is neither. However, the driver isn't wearing a seat belt or some other law is being broken. Could the alleged offender be arrested/cited or does the officer have to let them go because he/she had no reason to pull them over in the first place? Just wondering. "

" It doesnt supprise me that the LCSD doesnt want to enforse the law about seat belts they let everything pass them "

" I agree with Mr. Lewis this is a bunch of bull and there is other issue that need to be taken care of other than a child being in a booster seat at 7 years old. "