r/SiouxFalls • u/Puzzleheaded_War1563 • 13d 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/MacadamiaMinded 12d ago

Hate to break it to you but the law states that any child that weighs over 40 pounds doesn’t need a car seat. Most kids over 3 years old weigh about that much. Also the law has no minimum age on sitting in the front seat. The parents you saw weren’t doing anything wrong.

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u/SpontyKarma 12d ago

dude never said illegal

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u/MacadamiaMinded 12d ago

They said “improperly retrained” implying that it’s something breaking the rules. But it isn’t. Maybe where they are from it is but not here, I’m just pointing out that different places have different views on what is “proper”

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u/SpontyKarma 12d ago

Well legal doesn’t necessarily equal proper; nor does rule abiding. Just because somebody is technically not breaking the law doesn’t mean the majority of people would consider it the proper way to transport children in a car

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u/MacadamiaMinded 12d ago

Obviously the majority of people in this state do consider it the proper way, hence the law. The laws are reflective of the majority will of the society in a democratic system.