[Diana W.]

My neighborhood is mainly white and Asian. I have noticed that very few Asian car drivers put their children in safety seats, although nearly all white drivers do. Why is this? Is it a different cultural attitude to danger?

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Name : Diana W., Gender : F, Race : White/Caucasian, Age : 41, City : Leicester, State : NA, Country : United Kingdom, Social class : Middle class, 

[Joanne]

I’ve often wondered the same thing. Though I don’t have children, I worry for those who do when I see their children climbing about behind the front seats. Yes, it’s the attitude of the culture to ignore and expect other people to compromise. I’ve seen ‘No Drinking and Driving’ TV Public Service Announcements, but I do not understand why we do not have PSAs to remind parents about their children’s safety on vehicles.

Trust me, when you see irresponsible parents with their two young children sandwiched in between them on a skimpy two-seater motorcycle roaming on the road with other vehicles, you’d prefer the sight of them in the car without seatbelts.

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Name : Joanne, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : Asian, Age : 21, City : Kuala Lumpur, State : NA, Country : Malaysia, Occupation : Multimedia Designer, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 

[Romy29617]

It’s most likely a case of ‘bringing a little bit of home with them.’ I’m assuming that the Asians in question are early-generation Asian families, recent immigrants, or business-related transplants. In those cases, consider that they came from Japan, China, Korea, etc. where driving is much less common and also much safer because of reduced levels of traffic and slower speeds (it is psychologically assumed as such because of the inherent Asian arrogance, even if empirical traffic data suggest otherwise). Those habits travel with them, and they tend to forget that they are in a different country with different traffic conditions (and laws, for that matter).

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Name : Romy29617, Gender : M, Race : Asian, City : Clinton Twp., State : MI, Country : United States, 

[Topramen]

Hmmm, here in the United States, at least in California, it is the law to put your young children in car seats. A child must be in a Child Saftey Seat if either 1) the child is 4 years old or younger, or 2) the child weighs less that 40 pounds (I’m not sure how many kilograms that is). I am Asian American, and all the little ones in my family are always strapped up in their car seats when their parents take them for a drive. I agree that not putting your kid in a car seat can be dangerous. Maybe the child car seat manufacturers in the UK do not cater their advertisments to the Asian community there. Or, maybe Asians in the UK don’t see the need for an extra baby/car accessory. I highly doubt they would ever want to purposely risk their children’s life.

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[chou]

I think the main problem is lack of knowledge. I’m asian and I alway buckle my child in a car seat.

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Name : chou, Gender : M, Race : Asian, Age : 26, City : silver spring, State : MD, Country : United States, Education level : 2 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 

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