[SteveZ]

For the life of me I will never understand how so many people can get soft-in-the-skull when grandkids are involved. I lost count of how many GCs I've seen this past week - 2 passenger GCs - with 3, 4 and 5 people onboard. There were many with a youngster in someone's lap while the GC was whipping along at its max speed, going through tunnels, over the LSL bridge, and merged among full-size cars. Wilder still were those with the youngster controlling (???) the steering wheel with the ditsy grandparent smiling as the GC veered left-right-left.

The grandparents who think it's cute for the kids to play with the GCs among the public, or to overload the GCs to the point where there is no reaction capacity or visibility - these folk will be the first to cry when the kids get hurt and say "I never thought this would happen - why wasn't the OTHER person watching out for my grandkids!"

At our ages we are supposed to be able to demonstrate some quantum of wisdom. How about starting by acting like adults and saying "NO" when the kids want to run around in the GCs? Maybe they'll live a little longer, not get hurt on their visit, and life will be safer for everyone.

Oh yeah - the overloaded GCs. If yours doesn't have enough seats for everyone, $100 rents one for a few days if you need an extra rather than looking like the Beverly Hillbillies coming to town. That's less than the cost for 4 hours at Disney, and if the company can afford to come here, $100 should be in the budget for safety. Oh yeah - that could make things safer, but its better to be cheap than safe...