Consumer Reports, the popular magazine, called out the mega-star Miley Cyrus and her father, singer Billy Ray Cyrus, for riding in a car in her new movie without seat belts.
Miley's fans piled on, but the magazine is standing firm:
Many of you felt that we were making a big deal out of a movie. But the reality is that movies and television shows do influence how kids, and adults, act in everyday life. Producers, directors and actors can influence public behavior through their movies and television shows—and they can make a difference. Billy Ray Cyrus, Miley's celebrity father, so much as acknowledged that today when he issued an apology published on People Online. "We got caught up in the moment of filming, and we made a mistake and forgot to buckle our seat belts,"Cyrus told People. "Seatbelt safety is extremely important." We applaud the Cyrus family for being proactive and for recognizing that wearing seat belts in rear seats is essential.
Here is the important fact floating around that stopped me cold: 65% of fatalities 13-15 years were not wearing seatbelts..
She is still a good role model and at least she isn't out getting drunk and making a fool of herself and being a bad role model that way. Her fsther keeps her pretty grounded and has rules, a bedtime and dating rules as well as well rounded spiritually. It wasd a mistake on their part but yes they did acknowledge it and apologize. It is responsibility of parents to teach their children to buckle up. My daughter does it automatically but I ask her anyway just to make sure she is buckled up. I thinkn that teaches her the importance of it. There was just a police officer the other morning in a crash without his seatbelt on and he sees directly the impact of not wearing one. What kind of a role model is that.