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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Interesting points, Kai. Speaking of
education, I wonder what people think about the programs that encourage kids to
be “junior seat belt officers.” Firemen go to schools and
tell kids they need smoke detectors and to pressure their parents into getting
them; what about the programs that ask kids to “police” their
parents about using seat belts? <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>On a related topic: Parents often call the
Sheriff’s Office or Police Department and ask us (the officers) to “scare”
their children about the evils of swearing/stealing/hitting/refusing to wear a
seat belt/talking back, or any number of other things. Their theory seems
to be that we’re scarier or more authoritative than they are. Where
should we draw the line and tell parents to do their own parenting, or should
we? <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p><font size=2 color=black face=Georgia><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Georgia;color:black'>Det. Jennifer L. McFarland<br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Latah</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">County</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> Sheriff's Office<br>
Public Information Officer<br>
<st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on">PO Box</st1:Street> 8068</st1:address><br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Moscow</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Idaho</st1:State>
<st1:PostalCode w:st="on">83843</st1:PostalCode></st1:place><br>
(208) 882-2216<br>
Fax (208) 883-2281<br>
</span></font><font color=black><span style='color:black'><a
href="http://www.latah.id.us/Dept/Sheriff_Main.htm"><font size=2 face=Georgia><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Georgia'>http://www.latah.id.us/Dept/Sheriff_Main.htm</span></font></a><br>
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</span></font><font size=2 color=black face=Georgia><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Georgia;color:black'>Truth is the summit of being; justice
is the application of it to affairs.<br>
***Ralph Waldo Emerson<br>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> Kai Eiselein,
editor [mailto:editor@lataheagle.com] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, November 20, 2006
13:17<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Jennifer McFarland; 'Vision
2020'<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> RE: [Vision2020] Question
for the Vision</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>I believe that all
persons under the age of 18 should be belted, and officers should be able to
pull over a vehicle if they see an unbelted minor.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Adults, however, should
make their own choices.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>I say this in light of
the fact that I ALWAYS wear a seatbelt and twice have walked away relatively
uninjured because of them, including an end over end rollover.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>I've also been injured by
a seatbelt; compression fractures in my back. But that was an oddball accident
and if I hadn't been wearing a seatbelt, the doctors said I would have probably
broken my neck.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>What is needed is better
education as to WHY people need to use seatbelts and use actual, close up, gory
photos of those that didn't. I've crawled into a car after a guy hit a
telephone pole at 30 mph with no belt and it is not a pretty sight. Maybe if
people see the real, unsanitized results, their seatbelt usage would change.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>I think our police have
better things to do than play parent to adult drivers. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>It also seems a bit goofy
to me to toughen seatbelt laws on adults, while having no helmet law for them.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Just my two cents worth.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:0in'><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b>
vision2020-bounces@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com]<b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Jennifer McFarland<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, November 20, 2006
12:16 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> 'Vision 2020'<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [Vision2020] Question for
the Vision</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Dear Visionaries,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>I hope you are all doing well as we enter
the holiday season. I issued a press release a little over a week ago
alerting the public of our “Click It Don’t Risk It!” seat
belt compliance campaign. I’m happy to say that of the 15 cars I
pulled over yesterday, only one person was not in compliance with <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Idaho</st1:State></st1:place>’s seat belt
laws. However, I was just visited by a friend form the Lewiston Police
Department (our partner in this year’s campaign), and he and I talked
about our laws relative to <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Washington</st1:State></st1:place>’s
laws. In <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Idaho</st1:State></st1:place>,
an officer must pull a car over for a “greater” offense (speeding,
having a registration sticker in the wrong place, not having a front plate,
etc.) in order to enforce the seat belt laws. In other words, I cannot
pull over a car just because I see a small child standing up in the back
seat—I’d have to have other probable cause to pull over said
vehicle. The <st1:City w:st="on">Lewiston</st1:City> officer I’ve
been working with has spent a lot of time trying to change <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State
w:st="on">Idaho</st1:State></st1:place>’s laws regarding seat belt use
to: 1. make it a primary offense, and 2. raise the fines so they are
commensurate with other states’ fines for the same. I’ve
heard arguments supporting both sides to this, but I am curious as to what
Latah County’s citizens think about our seat belt laws—whether they
are adequate as they are, if they should change, how they should change,
etc. My own views on seat belt usage have as much to do with how I was
raised as they do with a general aversion to the gruesome scenes I’ve
experienced responding to collisions wherein the passenger(s) were not properly
restrained (and having to notify next of kin). But I also realize that my
experience is just that—mine. What are your thoughts?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Thank you for your time,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>~Jennifer <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p><font size=2 color=black face=Georgia><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Georgia;color:black'>Det. Jennifer L. McFarland<br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Latah</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">County</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> Sheriff's Office<br>
Public Information Officer<br>
<st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on">PO Box</st1:Street> 8068</st1:address><br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Moscow</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Idaho</st1:State>
<st1:PostalCode w:st="on">83843</st1:PostalCode></st1:place><br>
(208) 882-2216<br>
Fax (208) 883-2281<br>
</span></font><font color=black><span style='color:black'><a
href="http://www.latah.id.us/Dept/Sheriff_Main.htm"><font size=2 face=Georgia><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Georgia'>http://www.latah.id.us/Dept/Sheriff_Main.htm</span></font></a><br>
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</span></font><font size=2 color=black face=Georgia><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Georgia;color:black'>Truth is the summit of being; justice
is the application of it to affairs.<br>
***Ralph Waldo Emerson<br>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#006666'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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