Something Personal

I had a weird morning, for the people that know me, I'm well sometimes a little naive, and sometimes a little narrow minded, but I mean well and my intension's are good.

It started in traffic! ARHHH! Yes I now have traffic in my life, I sure took living in an outback country town for granted. I have to drive my baby G no more than two kilometers (WHY don't I walk her I here you saying, I'm working on it, Tropical Monsoon weather makes it tuff) Ok I digress, the trip there can take over twenty minutes in traffic, so I was as I usually do people watching. (OK again I here what your thinking!)

I look over at this mother in a little red car bitting her nails and my eyes scan to the back seat. There I see a toddler gotta be under three, jumping around without a seat belt on. Shock and a quick double take, am I really seeing this. Both windows are semi down on each side in the back and the little one is climbing on the car seat which he should be safely strapped into and poking his head and body out the window.

Fear rises in me for the safety of the child and then anger, she isn't even looking/knowing what's going on.

Do I sit by and say "Well it's not my child". Mine are safe and sound, seat belts on facing forward, double checked, no kinks and twists, oh and did I mention double checked? In the back seat exactly where I left them.

How many times have I seen this? Isn't this illegal? Where are the coppers when you need them? Citizens arrest?

Well I did it! Yep I beeped my horn to get her nail bitting attention, (Sorry driver in front!) I held out my seat belt and smiled sweetly while waving frantically at her jumping child in the back of her car. " Your baby doesn't have a seat belt on" I mouth through the window, she must not realize it's all a simple mistake I think, lucky for me her baby will be safe as she drives onto this major highway.....PHEWWW!

She looked over at me and then looked at her child, was she screaming I can't tell, I am trying to smile, hopefully she isn't going to abuse me for sticking my noise in.

What... she turns around and adjusts the radio, What... What's she doing? Is she going to strap that child in? One minute, two minutes, hey lady the lights are going to turn, do something.


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She does nothing and drives off into the 80KMS zoned traffic, in the pouring rain and I am dumbfounded...

The kids look at me in the rear view mirror and I say "well that's not how it's supposed to be babies, you must always always follow the rules..."


I Feel a little sad, I know that I can't change the world but sometimes I think I can. I suppose the good thing is that I stood up and said something even though I was scared and my babies saw me do it.