Consumer Reports is causing a media fuss because 15-year-old Miley Cyrus and her father Billy Ray Cyrus are seen driving a Range Rover without seat belts in the Disney 3-D movie Hannah Montana/ Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour. The movie is a huge blockbuster with the young ones and Consumer Reports feels Disney should be more responsible:
Why should we care? Because, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, in about 55 percent of passenger vehicle fatalities in 2006 (the latest data available), the occupants were not wearing seat belts.
It seems to us that Miley, her father, and Disney had a perfect opportunity to help influence teens and counteract–rather than encourage–this trend. Then again, as Hannah herself sings, “Everybody makes mistakes.”
Let’s bring things back to a little place called planet Earth. Like most normal people, my parents drove around without us kids wearing seat belts all the time. In fact, my dad would toss us in the bed of his truck with a set of rusty kitchen knives and a live badger. Okay, maybe I’m exaggerating a bit. It was a cougar – with rabies. Anyway, we all survived. And by all I mean just me and my sister. Our other siblings weren’t smart enough to open the tailgate and dive into traffic. Ha! Suckers.
Cate | February 12, 2008 at 3:01 pm
Telling….
Cate | February 12, 2008 at 3:01 pm
Telling….
yea right | February 12, 2008 at 3:04 pm
so dumb.
brevity guy | February 12, 2008 at 3:05 pm
She is going to get an achy breaky back if she doesn’t watch it!!!
You know, cause of that song her dad…
Never mind.
Shoots self.
deaconjones | February 12, 2008 at 3:07 pm
This girl has future trainwreck written all over her….i give her til 17
IKE | February 12, 2008 at 3:08 pm
When they do a remake of FLO’S DINER, this talentless hillbilly will play Flo.
Milly | February 12, 2008 at 3:12 pm
MAP. She’s ugly.
I Love Sex | February 12, 2008 at 3:12 pm
She’s boring.
Miss Tiff | February 12, 2008 at 3:13 pm
God, they’ll just find anything to complain about these days won’t they? Until 15 year old Miley is smote poking with the kiddos, its all gravy.
Ted from LA | February 12, 2008 at 3:13 pm
Who lets their 15 year-old dress like this? Billy Ray will pay the price for his greed and exploitation of this kid. He should have to do 30 days in jail for naming her “Miley” to begin with…
Auntie Kryst | February 12, 2008 at 3:17 pm
Why doesn’t Consumer Reports comment on why a 15 year old is tarted up to look like a Lolita instead of a kid? Disney you have no shame you pimps!
PS, @6 wasn’t it Mel’s Diner? Flo was just a waitress. I may be wrong, and if so kiss my grits.
fergernauster | February 12, 2008 at 3:18 pm
She is the next Shitney.
Mark my words, kidz.
Grunion | February 12, 2008 at 3:20 pm
#6 how dare your besmirch Flo’s Diner in such a manner ! Dame Judi Dench is the obviously the only one qualified to play such a multi -layered character as Flo. Miley can play Alice’s sons girlfriend or something.
God I’m old.
FFSWTF | February 12, 2008 at 3:22 pm
So… she’s not pregnant yet?
kimmy | February 12, 2008 at 3:23 pm
like anyone in the government really cares about the safety of citizens. seat belts are only mandatory because the insurance lobbyists have made it so, so they don’t have to pay out money for accident victims.
D. Richards (Loathe.) | February 12, 2008 at 3:24 pm
More Disney fans should not be wearing seatbelts.
It’s the twenty-first century and with all of the information that’s been gathered over the last fifty years detailing why a person should wear a seatbelt, what happens to an unrestrained human body during a crash, and the percentage of death that occurs from not wearing a seat belt, the person not wanting to wear a seatbelt should be allowed to without restriction.
It’s there choice. And who cares if they die.
Lindsay | February 12, 2008 at 3:24 pm
If 55% die from not wearing seatbelts, that than means that 45% die WHILE wearing seatbelts. It’s [almost] a 50-50 chance-
Oh man.
The White Urkle | February 12, 2008 at 3:28 pm
I would do her in her butt.
1 MILF Hunter | February 12, 2008 at 3:35 pm
Billy Ray ought to put her in a chastity belt or she’ll wind up like Jamie Lynn Spears – hording cock, pregnant, and living back on Green Acres.
Know of what you speak... | February 12, 2008 at 3:35 pm
I hate to tell Ted above, but her name isn’t Miley… that is her nickname. Her real name is Destiny Hope Cyrus.
Now, feel free to rag about her. Carry on.
Ike | February 12, 2008 at 3:38 pm
Auntie Kryst, I think that you’re right. Mel’s Diner.
Grunion, I guess that WASN’T fair to Judi Dench. She actually acts better than Cyrus the Virus.
lol
beerdotcom | February 12, 2008 at 3:39 pm
Her face is all the kids need to see to make them buckle up, since it seems clear her face has forcefully impacted the windsheild at some point in her life.
??? | February 12, 2008 at 3:43 pm
#10 Ted from LA
Miley isn’t her real name. I think it’s something like Destiny. Miley comes from her nickname “smiley”
Still pretty stupid name though. I would have stuck with Destiny.
whatever | February 12, 2008 at 3:44 pm
I personally am 100% for natural selection. If you are dumb enough to drive without a seatbelt on and subsequently get creamed in an accident, so be it. It’s a good lesson to teach youngsters!
Kingsley Amis | February 12, 2008 at 3:46 pm
Bad news for #20 above, and shame for me for knowing this, but she recently legally changed her name to Miley. Yes, it was Destiny, and she got the nickname Miley because she was so smiley all the time. Why do I know this? Because I have a 9-year old daughter and Miley is so benign I allow my kids to watch the show. My daughter, and my 11-year old son, are bright enough to know that Britney and Paris and the rest are morons and not to be emulated. But Miley? C’mon fellows, give her a break, she’s harmless.
quinn | February 12, 2008 at 3:46 pm
Seatbelts pft
just another way for the government to reap $$ out of the citizens and scare the shit out of us so we can be easily controlled. The MEDIA is never allowed to mention the many many fatalities CAUSED by wearing seatblets.
Car seats and seatbelts injure just as many people as not.
quinn | February 12, 2008 at 3:48 pm
Seatbelts pft
just another way for the government to reap $$ out of the citizens and scare the shit out of us so we can be easily controlled. The MEDIA is never allowed to mention the many many fatalities CAUSED by wearing seatblets.
Car seats and seatbelts injure just as many people as not.
the devil | February 12, 2008 at 3:49 pm
#25 – She’s harmless . . . for now. Then one day (probably next week) someone will teach her what DSL really means, and it’s all downhill from there.
Ted from LA | February 12, 2008 at 3:52 pm
I agree she is harmless on her show, but no 15 year in the world should be dressed like this (the shoes are the worst part). On a side note, are the heels invisible? I really don’t give a shit what her name is. If they call her Miley because she smiles alot, I have a novel idea. Call her “Smiley.” Either way, her dad is trading in her childhood for money. No amount of money is worth that.
nipolian | February 12, 2008 at 3:52 pm
#6 & #11 – Actually you are both kinda right. Polly Holiday was a waitress named Flo at Mel’s Dinner in the show Alice and then went on to own a bar in Texas in the spin-off Flo. Just saying.
Jamie | February 12, 2008 at 4:00 pm
Come on people…ok it was a MOVIE not real life…I think as a parent it’s your responsibility to teach your kid to wear the seat belt not people in the movies!
Yea she does look older than 15 but it could be worse look at Lindsay’s little sister Ali she looks about 35
Taylor | February 12, 2008 at 4:06 pm
Who gives a crap? Honestly?
Disney is gay, and so is Miley I’m Eating My Hair Cyrus.
Oops, I meant RAY CYRUS. *rolls eyes*
FRIST!!! | February 12, 2008 at 4:12 pm
Hmmm…if your kid is watching this movie, and the only thing they take from it is “hey, they ain’t wearin no seatbelts!”, it must be a pretty fucking dull movie to begin with and I wouldn’t recommend wasting my money..
meh | February 12, 2008 at 4:15 pm
Jees…if I were to have ever TRIED to leave the house dressed like that at her age, my parents would have BEAT THE SHIT out of me. If my sister tried to leave the house looking like that I would kick her in the face. Then in the crunch. Who thinks letting a 15 year old wear a short dress, stripper shoes and 80 lbs of make up is a good idea. I hope I don’t have a daughter.
Abbadon | February 12, 2008 at 4:16 pm
Wow, Disney cranks out the no-talent chicks that bank, but suck hardcore. She has 2 more years to score, then she will be the next Hilary Duff. Yeah, that chick. The one with the former Disney show that no one cares about now. I hate the Disney Channel.
noneyobeezwax | February 12, 2008 at 4:19 pm
at some point in the next 3-4- years that headline is gonna read – Miley Cyrus doesn’t wear panties! ( Horrific- that depends, shocking – not so much)
Famous Plastic | February 12, 2008 at 4:19 pm
I always knew she was a bad-girl!! Ha. Come on people. When do you think the 1st lawsuit will hit? “My daughter drove without a seat belt and dies in a car accident because she saw Miley Cyrus do it in a movie. I want millions!”
nipolian | February 12, 2008 at 4:21 pm
Here you go fuckers:
TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED the
1930′s 40′s, 50′s, 60′s and 70′s !!
First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they
carried us.
They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can, and didn’t get tested for diabetes.
Then after that trauma, our baby cribs were covered with bright colored
lead-based paints.
We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when we
rode our bikes, we had no helmets, not to mention, the risks we took
hitchhiking.
As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags.
Riding in the back of a pick up on a warm day was always a special treat.
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We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a bottle.
We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE
actually died from this.
We ate cupcakes, white bread and real butter and drank soda pop with sugar in it, but
we weren’t overweight because
WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!
We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back
when the streetlights came on.
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No one was able to reach us all day. And we were O.K.
We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then ride down
the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the
bus! hes a few times, we learned to solve the problem.ONT>
We did not have Playstations, Nintendo’s, X-boxes, no video games at all, no
99 channels on cable, no video tape movies, no surround sound, no cell
phones, no personal computers, no Internet or Internet chat
rooms……….WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them!
We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth a! nd there were no
lawsuits from these accidents.
We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever.
We were given BB guns for our 10th birthdays,
made up games with sticks and tennis balls and although we were told it would happen, we did not put out very many eyes.
We rode bikes or walked to a friend’s house and knocked on the door or rang
the bell, or just walked in and talked to them!
Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn’t
had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!!
The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of. They
actually sided with the law!
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This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers
and inventors ever!
The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas.
We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned
HOW TO
DEAL WITH IT ALL!
And YOU are one of them! CONGRATULATIONS!B>
You might want to share this with others who have had the luck to grow up as
kids, before the lawyers and the government regulated our lives for our own good.
While you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know how brave their parents were.
Kind of makes you want to run through the house with scissors, doesn’t it?
Voodoo Thursday | February 12, 2008 at 4:24 pm
This is great! Now instead of having to worry about telling my daughter to buckle up every time we get in the car, I can just let it go and if anything happens I’ll blame it on Miley Cyrus. That girl is a real blessing. I already had my kid’s teen years figured out, just blame it all on Paris, Britney, and Lindsay. But now, thanks to Miley, I can start eschewing parental responsibility immediately!
amma | February 12, 2008 at 4:27 pm
Frankly, a seat belt actually DID save my life during a bad, teen-aged car wreck. But still, I notice all the time in movies that people don’t appear to be using them–maybe it ruins the shot or something. What I wanna know is WHO THE HELL let’s their 15 y.o. daughter dress like that? Shouldn’t she be wearing…Oh, I dunno, jeans and a tee shirt lip gloss and like flip flops? The make up and heels is waaaay too creepy. She is a kid after all.
Slappy White | February 12, 2008 at 4:33 pm
I’d like to smack the lips off of that girls face…just because.
P.S. She’s ugly.
dancer. | February 12, 2008 at 4:36 pm
i’m surprised superficial never mentioned the racy photos of her that were leaked like last week.
anyways, miley is cute.
the whole hannah montana phenomenon is way out of control though.
robert doosh | February 12, 2008 at 4:52 pm
No seatbelt? Oh, she’s just being Miley!
DeeMom | February 12, 2008 at 4:58 pm
Nipolion – you rock!
But seriously, how many of “us” wore those dangerous stripper shoes? A kid could break a leg!
mrs.t | February 12, 2008 at 5:01 pm
Disney hates kids.
OR it was a calculated marketing move to promote the New 2009 Hannah Montana Edition Range Rover with automatic seatbelts. See, even a super-cute super-star like Miley and her highlighted-hair dad can forget to wear thier belts sometimes! With The Hannah Rover you are automatically reminded to Buckle Up by Hannah herself! Your tween daughters are going to demand this vehicle, so get on the list now and avoid their hatred!!!
Newworlddisorder | February 12, 2008 at 5:05 pm
#38 Amen! Shame on this pussified brainwashed world.
Phil | February 12, 2008 at 5:12 pm
Im glad she doesnt wear a seatbelt.
Something has to stop the ridiculousness that is Miley Cyrus. Who is paying for these tickets?
Has the world gone MAD!?
Auntie Kryst | February 12, 2008 at 5:25 pm
@38 Good observations, but you forgot to add something. We were well disciplined. If you were screwing off or being a pest at your friend’s house, your friend’s parents didn’t hesitate punishing you. On your way home they called your parents so you can be punished a second time.
Mike | February 12, 2008 at 5:39 pm
#48, you got that right. Same thing at school — you’d get licks from the Assistant Principal with one of those huge boards with holes in it that made it hurt more, then you’d get it again when you got home. And yet I’ve never felt the need for therapy for being so abused.
Miley, Destiny, whatever. Going by these photos, Billy Ray should have just named her “Jail Bait.”
Jimbo | February 12, 2008 at 6:05 pm
I’ll make sure she’s strapped in when I pop her cherry.