“Children in the back seats of cars cause accidents…” (joke)

A popular joke is told about cars and accidents:
 
“Children in the back seats of cars cause accidents. Accidents in the back seats of cars cause children.”
 
The joke was included in a list of “Great One Liners” on alt.tasteless.jokes on January 17, 2000.
 
 
Google Groups: alt.tasteless.jokes
Great One Liners
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Children in backseats cause accidents;
Accidents in backseats cause children !
 
Google Books
The Mammoth Book of Comic Quotes
By Geoff Tibballs
London: Constable & Robinson Ltd.
2004
Pg. ?:
Children in back seats cause accidents. Accidents in back seats cause children.
 
Google Books
Dictionary of Proverbs
By G. Kleiser
New Delhi: A. P. H. Publishng Corporation
2005
Pg. 35:
Children in the back seats of cars cause accidents, but accidents in the back seats of cars cause children.
 
Google Books
Dad’s Wit:
Quips and Quotes for Fantastic Fathers
By Richard Benson
Chichester, West Sussex: Summersdale
2010
Pg. 202:
Children in the back seat of cars cause accidents. And accidents in the back seats of cars cause children.
Sid Caesar
   
Google Books
5,000 Great One Liners
By Grant Tucker
London: The Robson Press
2012
Pg. ?:
Children in the back seats of cars cause accidents, but accidents in the back seats of cars cause children.
 
reddit
Unrestrained children in the back seat can cause accidents. Unrestrained accidents in the back seat can cause children. (self.Jokes)
submitted March 23, 2015 by excut