Are Children’s Car Seats Over Rated?
June 24th, 2008Steven Levitt, of Freakonomics fame, at a 2005 TED Talk speaks about the economics of car seats. His data lead him to ask the morally difficult question, are children’s car seats worth the time and expense it takes to use them?
Hit play or watch Steven Levitt on child carseats at TED.com. (Hint: there’s a little button on the right side of the player that lets you view fullscreen).
June 24th, 2008 at 2:29 pm
Yeah, but how do you convince the government of this???
June 24th, 2008 at 2:31 pm
I’m still not 100% convinced myself, so I’d say it will be a long while before laws are changed, especially because nobody would want to lobby for such a change (can you imagine how it would look?)