Yesterday, as I was travelling down S. Western, I passed a mini van with two women in it. What caught my eye was the fact that the woman in the passenger seat was holding a baby in her lap. No baby seat or anything. If they had been involved in an accident, that baby would have been a projectile going through the windshield. I don't know why people are so stupid (and I don't like the word "stupid," but it fits in this case) that they take chances with a powerless human life. If I had been an officer, I would have pulled them over and given them a ticket. There is no excuse for something like that.

I knew a firefighter that retired after 30 years of service. In his 30 years, he had seen everything. What puzzled me is that when he would take his grandbaby somewhere, somebody would always hold the baby instead of putting the baby in a car seat. I figured with all of the accidents he has been to, where children or babies had been killed, he would be more careful...guess I was wrong.