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[tankmank 853]

For all of you what is the legal age you can drink alchol in your home?

what age do you have to be not to ride on the pavement?

what age do you have to be to atay home alone ?

Do you have to wear a booster seat in a car until you are 10?

I will tell you anwers soon just guess

[jvlm.123 0]

To answer your questions -

1. Legal ages for alcohol comsumption - 5 in private (at home), 16 in public (wine in restaurants only) and 18 in public (beer/wine/etc... in pubs/bars) (Well, here anyway).

2. I don't understand what you mean by the second question...? Do you mean on bikes?

3. You have to be 16, though this law is not strictly enforced, I've been home alone since I was 11.

4. I don't think you have to use a booster seat at all in a car, regardless of age. If you do, It's probably more to do with height and/or weight rather than age. But, I'm not too sure.

So how'd I do?

[Meg 368]

Originally posted by: tankmank For all of you what is the legal age you can drink alchol in your home?

what age do you have to be not to ride on the pavement?

what age do you have to be to atay home alone ?

Do you have to wear a booster seat in a car until you are 10?

I will tell you anwers soon just guessquote>

 

I'm not sure of the answers for the UK.  Where I live the answers would be:

1.  When I was a kid, the drinking age was 18.  It has since been raised to 21.  If underage people are found drinking in a private home, the adults present can be arrested.

2.  I don't understand this question either.

3.  In Maryland, the law reads:

(a) A person who is charged with the care of a child under the age of 8 years may not allow the child to be locked or confined in a dwelling, building, enclosure, or motor vehicle while the person charged is absent and the dwelling, building, enclosure, or motor vehicle is out of the sight of the person charged unless the person charged provides a reliable person at least 13 years old to remain with the child to protect the child.

(b) A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $500 or imprisonment not exceeding 30 days, or both.

4.  After outgrowing a car seat, a booster seat should be used until a height of 4' 9" is reached.

[Constantina 5]

Seatbelts in the UK were compulsory since 1983.

The legal age for alcohol in the UK is 18.

The booster seat belt is not compulsory, but it is strongly encouraged to prevent fatal deaths in accidents.

[jvlm.123 0]

Thanks, Constantina, I thought that about the booster seat.

[callagrafx 3]

FYI, this is an extract from the UK Highway Code:

76: The driver MUST ensure that all children under 14 years of age wear seat belts or sit in an approved child restraint. This should be a baby seat, child seat, booster seat or booster cushion appropriate to the child's weight and size, fitted to the manufacturer's instructions.

[tankmank 853]

The Legal age for drinking alchol in your home is 5

You shouldn't ride on the pavement over the age of 11

There is no legal age for staying home alone

no you DON'T have to but it is perswaded

[jvlm.123 0]

Sorry, but I still don't get the second one...?

[callagrafx 3]

Tankmank...can you not read? It is the law that a child under 14 years old MUST be restrained...read the Highway Code (i.e. the little handbook that defines the laws of travelling on the highways of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Also, If a parent leaves a child alone in a house up to the age of 12, they can be prosecuted for neglect of a minor.

@jvlm.123: don't ask dude...

[confused04 14]

Originally posted by: SkiGeek

Originally posted by: tankmank For all of you what is the legal age you can drink alchol in your home?

what age do you have to be not to ride on the pavement?

what age do you have to be to atay home alone ?

Do you have to wear a booster seat in a car until you are 10?

I will tell you anwers soon just guessquote>

 

I'm not sure of the answers for the UK.  Where I live the answers would be:

1.  When I was a kid, the drinking age was 18.  It has since been raised to 21.  If underage people are found drinking in a private home, the adults present can be arrested.

2.  I don't understand this question either.

3.  In Maryland, the law reads:

(a) A person who is charged with the care of a child under the age of 8 years may not allow the child to be locked or confined in a dwelling, building, enclosure, or motor vehicle while the person charged is absent and the dwelling, building, enclosure, or motor vehicle is out of the sight of the person charged unless the person charged provides a reliable person at least 13 years old to remain with the child to protect the child.

(b) A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $500 or imprisonment not exceeding 30 days, or both.

4.  After outgrowing a car seat, a booster seat should be used until a height of 4' 9" is reached.

quote>

Personally, I think the drinking age should be lowered so we don't create the immature desire to binge drink in college. Besides, if 18-21 year olds criminally responsible for all  other actions, why should their parents (assuming they still reside at home) get in trouble. If they can serve their country, vote, be on juries or the big one... get married (they might need to drink!), then certainly they are legally responsible for alcohol consumption and the likes. 

Also, those booster seat recommendations are a bit absurd. 4'9" is a pretty big kid, and I know some adults that would technically NEVER outgrow a booster seat.  A bit absurd. 

[gerAndi 29]

just a country.......

[Meg 368]

Originally posted by: confused04

Personally, I think the drinking age should be lowered so we don't create the immature desire to binge drink in college. Besides, if 18-21 year olds criminally responsible for all  other actions, why should their parents (assuming they still reside at home) get in trouble. If they can serve their country, vote, be on juries or the big one... get married (they might need to drink!), then certainly they are legally responsible for alcohol consumption and the likes.  

 quote>

 

Which is exactly the reason the drinking age had been lowered to 18 to start with.  If I recall correctly, it was about the time the voting age was lowered to 18.  The voting age was lowered because it was considered to be unfair to draft someone who couldn't vote for or against the people doing the drafting.  

But, like prohibition, a lower drinking age "didn't work".  The binge drinking was happening in high school, not college.    18-21 year olds were dying at alarming rates in drunk driving crashes.  I remember the graduating class a few years after mine lost 9 kids within 8 weeks in 5 different crashes. and that's not counting the innocent bystanders.

As to why blame the parents instead of the 18-21 years old doing the drinking these days?  Because the parents are the nearest people old enough to buy the liquor and they are responsible for what happens on their property.  or so the reasoning goes.

Edit:  about that whole pavement thing:  are you talking about riding a bike on a sidewalk?

[Gridlock 9]

Nice map tank ,i think thats a map of the official British Empire at that time ,although the formal British Empire was much larger .. I took A level History along time ago ,and this interests me.Empires have been around since the begining of time,in one form or another .Sry for backpedaling the subject ,but i see no response to the questions.

Ski Geek wrote.....

"A common question of mine is "What were they thinking?"  I like to understand where people are coming from."

The answers very simple , they where thinking about profit(greed), glory(War) and land .. Throughout

this period Britian ,was at war with France  and Spain or both and others .All european countries at that time   had some kind of Empire .So some parts of the empire would of been secured for stratigic reasons ,and others wealth , The Falkland isles where strategic ,and Africa had Diamonds..etc.So it wasnt only the brits going around slaughtering ,most of europe was doing it .And it was all about money  Quote,"a battle between the french and brits ,secures revenue collecting rights in Bengal for the British". I think that says it all.Bengal is 1000,s a miles away from England or France.

The Area that the empire covers is basicaly the regions that where unable to defend themselves at that time , notice Europe is still Europe ,Britian was a Naval, Industrial super power but didnt realy have enough manpower to seriously consider conquering Europe.

 2, Ski wrote ..Was it the thinking that these countries did not deserve their independence back then?

If not, why not?

Hmm ,well ok ,they didnt deserve their independance back then, as they were considered a possesion of the Empire .

They belonged to the king and" thier " didnt exist .Fortunatly for all the monarchy isnt quite as ruthless nowadays as they were centuries ago .

3,If so, how was the empire an "acheivement"?

I dont consider virtual wipe out of races such as the Inca s,Aztecs or Babalonians or slavery an achievement either.For the people directly involved  huge profits where to be made,treasures and wealth this can be considered an achievement ,to navigate for the UK to Australia without going over the edge of the world and then fight a battle,would also be considered achievement. All the Victories in Battle,whether it be against similar equipped armies ,or natives with just sticks and stones also be considered an achievement s of the Monarchy of the time.

Other achievements of the period may be ,The spinning jenny , the steam engine ect.

 I was born on the 4th of July sharing a common date i took a interest in the war of independance,this date is

 considered by some as the worst  date in british history , and what  interest s me most was the role of the french and the spanish in aiding America in its war for independance,there involvement was purely to defeat the British as there were no land gains to be made. ,Also  you may already know ,but 2 weeks after Cornwallis had surrendered his forces to the Americans, enough relief forces to continue the campiagn arrived from Britain.Luckily for America they were able to break free of the British empire. I dont want to get to political on this ,nor do i want to offend anyone ,just my opinions and beliefs ,and after all i am british myself..

[tankmank 853]

Originally posted by: callagrafx Tankmank...can you not read? It is the law that a child under 14 years old MUST be restrained...read the Highway Code (i.e. the little handbook that defines the laws of travelling on the highways of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

i can't drive yet and won't beable to in about 4 years so give me a brake

[callagrafx 3]

All you had to do was read my post above yours...so, you don't even ride a pushbike?

and here is your brake:

[KT3 5]

Thats a very nice brake, be carefull you do not BREAK it tankmank

Oh well I am off for a coffee BREAK

Bye !

Oh and callagrafx, I assume that brake is efficient, but just how much braking force would be required to break that brake and prevent it from braking efficiently,,,,,,, it would be no good if the brake was broken

[callagrafx 3]

it would require approximately 300psi applied pressure to break that brake, it being porcelain....and yes, it would be bad if the brake was a broken brake indeed...although these breaks I like

[KT3 5]

Hmmm nice breaks, the headlights look good  too, needs a bit of cosmetic body work though