Japanese people love to gamble whether it be at a pachinko parlor, at an Indian Casino abroad, or with their child’s life. In Japan it is very common to see parents driving around with their kids on their lap. The kids ranging from infant to toddler can often be seen on the drivers lap unbuckled and ready to launch into orbit through the windshield on impact. While navigating Japan’s often narrow roads doesn’t provide enough of a challenge putting your pride and joy in your lap gives the Japanese parents a sense of danger and the resulting feeling of accomplishment they feel upon arriving home safely only reaffirms that this practice is completely acceptable. Today in the Japan Times (story : here) they compiled a report that shows that seat belts can lessen the impact of an accident on the bodies of expecting mothers if they are used appropriately. Now of course Japan is many years behind the rest of the modern world in finding out that seat belts indeed lessen the impact of an accident thus saving lives. While Japan needs to test everything I patiently await the safety testing results of driving around with small kids on your lap. I suspect we will see results of such a test in about 12 years time.
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