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Editorial: Click It or Ticket

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  • Tuesday, May 21 2013 7:20 PM EDT2013-05-21 23:20:08 GMT
    The horrific tornadoes that ripped through Oklahoma this week bring back all too familiar memories for Alabamians as memories of April 27, 2011 are still fresh in many minds. When Alabamians were in need
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  • Thursday, May 16 2013 7:20 PM EDT2013-05-16 23:20:04 GMT
    In my editorial on Tuesday I chided our legislators for being the last state to pass a no-brainer  bill legalizing home brewing.  Today I want to challenge them to be one of the first states to pass another no-brainer;
    In my editorial on Tuesday I chided our legislators for being the last state to pass a no-brainer  bill legalizing home brewing.  Today I want to challenge them to be one of the first states to pass another no-brainer;

  • Tuesday, May 14 2013 7:20 PM EDT2013-05-14 23:20:07 GMT
    Kudos, or perhaps, cheers to the Alabama Legislature for passing HB9, the home brewing bill. Legalized home brewing may not be up there with education reform or prison funding, but it was overdue. 
    Kudos, or perhaps, cheers to the Alabama Legislature for passing HB9, the home brewing bill. Legalized home brewing may not be up there with education reform or prison funding, but it was overdue. 
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When I was a child my parents would sometimes let me sleep on the back dash of our car while traveling at night.   People did things like that 50 years ago.

By the time my children came along, 25 years ago,  everyone we knew was using child restraint safety seats...  and my kids have rarely ridden in or driven a car without being buckled up.

It's 2009 and Alabama's most recent "Click It or Ticket" campaign ended on May 31st , and since Click It or Ticket began back in 2000, seatbelt use has risen from 60% to 86 % in Alabama.

But consider this.  So far in 2009, of the 243 people who have died in traffic mishaps in Alabama, 131 were not wearing seatbelts.

You can argue all you want about your civil liberties.  I, myself, have mixed feelings about that.  But you can't argue the point that children need to be protected with seatbelts, because they can't decide for themselves to buckle up.

You also can't argue with the fact that seatbelts can save your life.

And "Click It or Ticket" is the law.

Wear your seatbelt.  Buckle up your children.  Obey the law.