Deal kid hit by car yesterday on way to school

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Did you know that according to DC Law any midblock crossing where there is a stop sign is to be treated as a crosswalk even if it isn't marked? I know this because I live one block from an ES and we tried to have a crosswalk put down. DDOT told us it was a legal crossing even if it wasn't marked. Who cares if a kid gets hit or killed, the crossing was legal so their job was done I guess???!!! Funniest part was the reason they claimed they couldn't put down crosswalk was that there wasn't an ADA curb ramp so they couldn't put down the paint. Vision Zero my a**.

One block from an ES. One block from where a little girl was killed in a similar unmarked midblock crossing a few years earlier.

Do you think Maryland drivers GAF?! They don’t. They speed through the neighborhood completely indifferent to the children and families living in it. The traffic on 16th St has become a nightmare. Completely unsustainable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:17 year old shot outside KIPP. Haven't seen that covered either. But by all means let's focus on what matters.

Feel free to start a thread about it. Discussing this issue doesn’t mean we don’t care about the other. But by all means be a total drama queen that all threads do not focus on the topic you want to discuss. 🙄

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can someone share where this incident occurred? Thanks

It occurred at 16th Street & Myrtle St. This was my biggest fear when my kids went to Deal. They were only allowed to cross 16th at intersections with traffic lights. Even with that rule, my kid was almost hit one morning when a car jumped the curb trying to pass another car in front of a Deal/JR bus stop.

I'm confused. Is this different that the one in the subject line? My Deal student reported that a girl was hit in front of the school last week and that one of his teachers asked if anyone had seen anything. My kid didn't see anything but heard the ambulance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Previous poster here with the experience yesterday.

No, I wasn't whipping around any corner. He wasn't even crossing at a corner.

I have had 3 kids attend Deal and I have driven the AU Park and Tenleytown streets for almost 2 decades. My kids make fun of me for being a grandmotherly slow driver. This kid was CLUELESS and someone needs to review traffic safety with him. And I'm going to take this opportunity to review safety with my current Deal student.

OR, ok---demean me in this post and then sue the driver when he's hit. But that won't bring him back to life or restore his ability to walk or think. That's a brilliant plan.
I'm stepping away from this post now.

Breathtaking in your stupidity.

They are correct. *Your* stupidity, however, is indeed breathtaking.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Parents need to remind their kids that they should not wear headphones while walking. It's a huge safety hazard. They also shouldn't walk while looking down at their phones.

This was a kid walking in a crosswalk. The car closest to the curb stopped to let her pass, and the car in the left lane did not slow down to see if anyone was coming and hit a kid.

It's not the kid's fault for jumping into traffic. It's not the kid's fault for wearing headphones. It's not parents' faults for not training their kids.

THIS WAS A TERRIBLE DRIVER DRIVING TERRIBLY AND HITTING A CHILD WHO HAD THE RIGHT OF WAY. Stop trying to make it anything else. You people are deeply disgusting.

This is an absolute nightmare scenario, a car stops and the kid starts walking and when it reaches the next lane an idiot arrives full speed and hit the child. A friend of a friend lost a 16 yr old child like this 3-4 years ago. The second car coming actually changed lane to pass on the left the stopped car and hit the child at full speed, killing him instantly. My friend was in shock describing the aftermath, a family destroyed, the mother of the dead kid just a living ghost, the siblings in shock and the entire community grieving. This happens so often. People are right to say that this is the fault of the driver only, but i dont want to be rhat mother and i keep telling my kids rhat they have to look super carefully, a car stops does not mean the other cars are going to stop as well. But as much as i say it, i am sure they are not going to pay attention 100% of the time. Sometimes i pay less attention as well when i cross the street and i am distracted. It’s just that i am old and have experience, for kids is different. I hope the child recovers quickly

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can someone share where this incident occurred? Thanks

It occurred at 16th Street & Myrtle St. This was my biggest fear when my kids went to Deal. They were only allowed to cross 16th at intersections with traffic lights. Even with that rule, my kid was almost hit one morning when a car jumped the curb trying to pass another car in front of a Deal/JR bus stop.

I'm confused. Is this different that the one in the subject line? My Deal student reported that a girl was hit in front of the school last week and that one of his teachers asked if anyone had seen anything. My kid didn't see anything but heard the ambulance.

Yes different than the one your child told you about

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Previous poster here with the experience yesterday.

No, I wasn't whipping around any corner. He wasn't even crossing at a corner.

I have had 3 kids attend Deal and I have driven the AU Park and Tenleytown streets for almost 2 decades. My kids make fun of me for being a grandmotherly slow driver. This kid was CLUELESS and someone needs to review traffic safety with him. And I'm going to take this opportunity to review safety with my current Deal student.

OR, ok---demean me in this post and then sue the driver when he's hit. But that won't bring him back to life or restore his ability to walk or think. That's a brilliant plan.
I'm stepping away from this post now.

Love it - so you came back to say of course you had no fault in almost hitting a kid in a school zone you are familiar with and would not because you live nearby but can't be bothered to explain the situation.

As someone else alluded to I bet you were rolling thru a stop sign and surprised a pedestrian rightly asserted their right to be in the crosswalk.

In any case near schools there should not even be close calls.