English 102 carseats

I had a conversation with a woman this last weekend who was upset at the fact that she had to put her grandchildren in carseats.  Another woman was stating her case regarding our right and responsibility to vote. The first woman did not see a reason to vote, but still complained about the use of carseats.  This caught my attention.  Why on earth would someone be upset about carseats?  She was mad that the state had made this law, and she had to follow it.  She stated that the busses did not require child safety seats, why should she have to?  The second lady tried to tell the first that if she had voted she would have has a say in the matter (either way).  The first woman refused, and carried on about the carseat law.  The whole conversation was quite amusing, as the second woman tried to simply explain to the first woman.  The first woman did not care about anything else, she just wanted to be able to drive around with her grandkids in the car with out safety seats.  By the way her grand kids range in age from 8 years to 23 months.  The whole time I was thinking what difference does any of this make?  Why would you drive your grandchildren around in a car with out carseats??  This reminds me of a time when my children were in the car with my Mom.  My Mom refuses to wear a seatbelt, because she never had to in the past.  When my kids were with her they questioned her about not wearing it.  She told them that Grandmas did not need seatbelts.  Then my kids questioned me, asking why dont grandmas need to wear belts?  I am alright with my Mom making a choice not to wear her belt, but I was not alright with her lying to my kids.  I asked her to clear this up with my kids.  Then they wanted to know why she chose not to wear it.  Ugh!