What many have feared has now been confirmed: at least 98% of all Americans are more intelligent than Britney Spears. As has been widely reported, new mom Britney, 24, was photographed driving her SUV with a look of bovine contentment on her face and 4 month-old son Sean in her lap. No safety device of any kind appears in the photo.
(BOO!)
(YAY!)
Per the chart below, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration informs us that 98% of Americans have enough sense and regard for the law to secure their infants in child safety seats. Under California law, children are required to be secured in a child-safety seat until they are at least 6 years old or weigh at least 60 pounds - perhaps Britney was confused by the numbers.
(Charts don't lie)
Yesterday Spears admitted she "kind of like ... made a mistake" on Access Hollywood, but still claimed that her lapse was due to panic unleashed by a welter of rabid paparazzi bent on photographically capturing her infant's very soul, or something. "Being put in the situation that I was in, it was kind of bad with the paparazzi," she explained. "Last week, my mom and me went out and they were on us really bad, so it's just, you do instinctively what you need to do."
X17, the agency that took the photographs, deny her claims. "These pictures were taken in a very peaceful context, in which photographers exhibited no aggressive behavior," the company said in a written statement.
"At the point where she made the decision to drive with the baby in her lap, there was only one photographer and he wasn't even shooting," Kelly Davis, vice president of X17, told the BBC.
Article comments
— go to most recent comments1 - Mary K. Williams
I would really REALLY like to believe there is a good explaination for this. Besides the one she already gave. Hmmm - looks like your original claim stands Eric:
..least 98% of all Americans are more intelligent than Britney Spears
Kinda sad, huh?
2 - chantal stone
seriously though, is anyone surprised??
3 - rob
My wife won't drive 10 feet without our baby properly strapped into his car seat. I mean, that's just common sense right? Isn't the well being of your children at the top of the priority list? The sad thing is, Britney's not the only person doing this. Hopefully she learns something from this.
4 - Eric Olsen
yes, besides having a really good excuse to wail on Britney, I hope this story reminds people that car seats aren't optional
5 - Matthew T. Sussman
Which reminds me -- it's time for K-Fed's monthly shower
6 - Eric Olsen
whether he needs it or not
7 - Dave Nalle
Looking at that photo, it sure doesn't look like she's actually driving. Based on her and Kevin's postures I'd guess they were parked somewhere waiting for something.
And why the hell doesn't this woman have a driver and a nanny?
Dave
8 - chantal stone
on a more serious note...
Eric, you wrote that in CA the law is 6 yrs old or 60lbs require car seats?? i think in Ohio is 4 or 40. i've also read somewhere that all children under 10 should have at least a booster seat. not a bad idea...
but also, kids under 10, or 12 even, depending on height, should stay in the back seat.
9 - lori
Well, she admitted that she drove with the kid on her lap. What more do you need?
And why is it that terminally idiotic people can become as wealthy as she is? Life ain't fair.
10 - Eric Olsen
Chantal, correct all, and the backseat is definitely the place to be even for small adults.
Dave, the passenger in the car is considerably darker, balder, and heavier than K-fed - I believe it's her bodyguard, and one can only presume she simply likes to drive?
11 - Chelsea Snyder
Yes, I'm a bored college student pursuing celebrity smut. But a couple days ago I caught these pictures in another blog and it included a panned-out shot of her and the lines on the road clearly indicate she was in a left-turn lane. And you could still see the baby in her lap. She was definitely driving.
Awaiting teeny-bopper damage control super squad in 3...2....1.......
12 - Eric Olsen
there is no question she was driving, the photographer was following her
13 - Dawn
What's been truly confirmed is that being a mentally handicapped person can't keep a good trailer park dweller down.
I swear I have seen her before, like on the West Virginia turnpike maybe?
14 - Victor Plenty
The least intelligent 2% - or the MOST intelligent? I prefer to believe the latter, if only because it makes the world seem a more elegant and beautiful place than it probably actually is.
For definitive proof, go to Google search, type in "semiconductor physics" and click on "I'm Feeling Lucky". Now ask yourself: Would Google allow that to reach the highest ranks of searchability if it were untrue? I think not. Q.E.D.
15 - Eric Olsen
hilarity! Britney's down with da phyz
16 - Victor Plenty
It would certainly explain her absent-mindedness over little details such as seat belts and car seats - like with Albert Einstein not knowing how to tie his shoelaces, f'rinstance.
17 - Eric Olsen
yes, she is distracted by Platonic ruminations
18 - Dawn
and navel lint perhaps
19 - Eric Olsen
she's itchin to get back to da clubs for another dance-off with Justin, the only man who ever understood her but who also knew she would look like a 35 year-old outhouse attendant by the age of 24
20 - Scott Butki
What many have feared has now been confirmed: at least 98% of all Americans are more intelligent than Britney Spears.
I didn't "fear" most people were smarter than Britney - I sure as hell hoped and expected that most people are smarter than Britney because if they weren't this world would go downhill faster than a baby stroller without brakes.
21 - Mat Brewster
And why is it that terminally idiotic people can become as wealthy as she is? Life ain't fair.
Two words: big boobies.
Think about it, she can't sing worth crap, her choice of songs terrible, she can't act (try watching Crossroads sometime) and she's dumber than a box of hammers. All that's left is those perfect, jiggling, bouncing boobs.
Mmmmmmm....boobies.
22 - Eric Olsen
I agree with a lot of that and she can't sing much, but she has worked with top pop songwriters and producers and put out a number of commercially appealing songs. And she has an appealing enough personality, but intelligent she is not
23 - beast
A tempest in a tea pot.
24 - Eric Olsen
her career may be that, but driving with an infant in her lap is not - that is actually quite a serious matter. I hope she and others similarly careless/stupid will learn from this
25 - Victor Lana
All the fame and money in the world can't buy common sense. Obviously, Britney's intelligence is an issue, but this thing goes even deeper. It's like when Jacko dangled his baby over the balcony. It has to do with some kind of fame induced defect. It's mostly a sad thing for the children that have parents like these (and potentially dangerous).