Miley Cyrus an unsafe role model?
In a posting on their web site Monday, Consumer Reports calls out teen pop sensation Miley Cyrus for some unsafe behavior in her new film, Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour. The behavior in question? No, it’s not smoking or drinking or smashing up a hotel room. Instead, the consumer watchdog is upset at the 15-year-old for not buckling up.
The item singles out one scene in the movie where Miley and her dad, country star Billy Ray Cyrus, are riding in the backseat of a Range Rover and neither are wearing seatbelts.
But before you laugh this off, Consumer Reports does have some numbers on their side, stating that 55% of passenger vehicle fatalities in 2006 were folks who hadn’t buckled up. They also point out that this number increases to 65% for fatalities in Miley’s 13-to-15-year-old age group.
“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,” reads the article. “Then again, as Hannah herself sings, ‘Everybody makes mistakes.’”
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February 12th, 2008 at 5:32 pm
They were in the backseat though. Is it illegal? If not, I’m not sure kids would have noticed it unless it was pointed out.
February 12th, 2008 at 6:10 pm
She’s just the next slutted up teen, boo. The Slutty Cyrus Trainwreck Express has left the station. She’s nothing to our family.
February 13th, 2008 at 5:22 am
Yuck. This girl looks quite trashy for however young she is.
February 14th, 2008 at 6:48 pm
would you guys ever stop everybody make mistakes understood!
May 31st, 2008 at 12:25 am
Stop picking on her ok imagine if you ended up like that and people were calling you those horible names!!!!!!!!!!! Besides she said she was sorry.There was nothing wrong with what she did most pop stars do it.SHE ROX!!!!!!!!!!!
May 31st, 2008 at 12:27 am
Sorry Im talking about something completly differant up ther.
June 20th, 2008 at 9:20 am
Hey leave her alone! The door was still open! They weren’t even going! She is sooooo awesome! You mean people are just jealous!