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Originally Posted by vash

some issues are a no brainer. my car, i'm driving, and you're putting on your seatbelt. easy. at work, we have mandated safety stuff and those are easy to enforce as a supervisor.

where it gets gray-area. mountain bike helmets and life vests. i rode with a guy that didnt want to wear his helmet. i didnt say anything. kayaking, my good friend leaves his lifevest inside of his kayak hatch. he once took his 5 year old son out and the kid had his PFD on. dad? nope. if i had a kid out, i would wear mine for sure so i could save the kid if needed.

i kinda keep quiet now. its weird, and i try not to be all judgey..but. if my friend flips he will be 100% more difficult to help since he wont wear a life jacket. that affects me.

thoughts?

Yep, your car, you can enforce "wear a seatbelt in my car", and at work, you're the boss, you can enforce safety (so many huge reasons there). Someone else doing their own thing, but you're a witness. You could mention it, but one quick mention is probably as much as you can do. Guy kayaking with his kid, he should be setting an example. Now the first time the kid is out away from dad, he'll want to be cool like dad. But you can't force them to do what you know is right/smart. In a case like that, I think you've got 2 options, shut-up and hope for the best, not hang out with those folks while they do the dangerous stuff. Then hope nothing really bad happens or wait to tell them "told ya so ya maroon" when something non-fatal happens.