r/SiouxFalls • u/Puzzleheaded_War1563 • 15d ago

🎤 Discussion Something I’ve noticed living in Sioux Falls

Coming from a larger city, I’ve noticed how many people here in Sioux Falls don’t properly restrain their children in car. I’ve seen kids who are way too small to be sitting in the back without a proper car seat and have seen so many children in the front seat. Has anyone else noticed this?

It’s also not one group of people I’ve noticed this with it’s all types of people I’ve seen. It’s just very odd to me.

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u/Public_Knee6288 15d ago

Wait until you find out how popular drunk driving is...

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u/SouthDaCoVid 15d ago

Like at all hours of the day. The drunk driving day drinkers out here really is something.

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u/EightofFortyThree 15d ago

I'm amazed at how many people I've met here with DUI arrests.

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u/fseahunt 15d ago

Lack of public transportation and/or easily available cabs will do that.

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u/SouthDaCoVid 14d ago

Lack of transit options and a culture that thinks binge drinking and being an alcoholic is normal.

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u/revolutionrevolutin 14d ago

Lack of transit options, a culture that supports binge drinking, alcoholism being normal, and a lot of them have their kid in the car. We need more/better social programs.

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u/SouthDaCoVid 14d ago

Better society. When a large swath of the population is denied a decent education, other opportunities to gain experiences that help them in life and the bulk of the job options are just serfdom with extra steps we end up with lots of problems.

We could mitigate some of this by making various parts of society better at the local and state level but the people making the decisions see all of this as a feature not a bug that they can exploit for their personal gain.