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Law on car seats for under 13s

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    But of course lol
     
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    All this is fine in theory, but there are thousands of families here living from 'hand to mouth' - for many, it's either comply with the law or eat.
     
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    If they have the money for a car than im sure they can buy a baby chair.
     
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    I'm sure many people are taking out car loans at extremely high interest rates (by western standards). I would guess that, just like in the West, most can't afford much else other than their current bills. Just because you have a higher standard of living doesn't mean that you are financially responsible and have more disposable income.
     
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    If i got a php every time i heard this argument here, i could buy a nice car plus baby chair...

    So many take out a loan, based on money being send by a relative abroad and leaving no money to buy baby food....
     
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    I read this as reference by @hawk263 to people who overcrowd scooters, not car owners.

    But I do agree that if financially-strained owners of vehicles are never punished for dangerous issues, such as the vehicle's condition, obedience to road safety and danger to themselves and family by overloading, then poverty becomes an excuse to endanger themselves and others and the situation will never improve. As a side-note, how many will not have a few hundred pesos for a fine but the kids will have smartphones?
     
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    I never knew tyres had canvas in them till I arrived in Philippines, I remain amazed how Jeepney's are allowed to still operate like that.
    Here's a tip; Always check the tyres before you hitch a ride. Poverty should never be an excuse for endangering the lives of your family or passengers.
    Its the nearest I've been to extreme sports....at my age I dont intend to be flying without wings. LOL
     
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    I think for a lot of them it is a complete lack of financial education. (This is an issue in the US as well. I wasted a lot of time keeping money in savings accounts and CDs because the only thing I was taught was compounding interest and the only time they mentioned the stock market was when talking about the great depression.)

    You can't really fault them for being financially ignorant. The government and education system has failed them. To have the government turn around and issue fines to the people they have failed to educate is wrong IMO (and likely why the rules and laws here are so rarely enforce).
     
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    Officially measured my wife today 4'9"
    Told her i will get her a car seat, not happy, wants high heels instead :woot:
     
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    We are on the same page regarding the educational system! Just terrible.

    But surely the dangers posed by many road users cannot be dismissed by lack of education at school - when you buy a vehicle you tend to self-educate about essential issues. It does not require a knowledge of physics to understand that an unlit vehicle cannot easily be seen in the dark or that overloading makes it unstable.

    I do prefer education in preference to punishing people but it gives the enforcer a big task to sort out the uneducated lawbreakers from the educated ones - and educated people can feign being dim.
     
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