PG County: Two Children Killed While Walking to Riverdale Elementary

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Speed + a moron looking at their phone

Driving today is like a death match

Irresponsible for you to speculate like that.

[Anonymous]

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We walk to/from school and people will NOT stop to let us cross. Drivers 100% see us, start to slow and then change their minds because apparently, 45 seconds is too insurmountable for their day. Its a T-intersection and only the one road has a stop sign but all directions should have a stop sign with flashing pedestrian lights and cameras for when people dont stop. I wish they would make pedestrian signs that flashed and when hit by a pedestrian turned all lights to STOP signs.

PG county has even more of a burden to increase pedestrian safety BECAUSE they wont provide busing for students that live close. I think its 1.5 mile radius for our local elementary. We have no crossing guard at the intersection we cross but the annex 1/2mile up the same street has one for HS students.

Isn't it dangerous for both cars and pedestrians if cars are stopping in the middle of a road? Seems like the car would get rear ended and the pedestrians still hit.

We have a road like this near our house where people are just jaywalking to school daily and it's dangerous for everyone. IMO the pedestrians should either walk to the light and cross or wait until cars go past to cross.

I agree that a 3 way stop would be best. Or a crossing guard. Without a crossing guard, cars don't always know to stop (we're in a multicultural area and barely anyone knows specific state rules on driving. They just automatically give people drivers licenses.)

Yes, it's dangerous for cars. No, it's not dangerous for the people in the cars.

I don't know where you live, but probably many of the "jaywalking" people are crossing at intersections, which means they are crossing in a crosswalk and have the right of way, and drivers are supposed to stop.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Speed + a moron looking at their phone

Driving today is like a death match

Irresponsible for you to speculate like that.

e
DP. WTF?

What person who is paying attention to the road, blows through children in a crosswalk? I would strongly bet the person was on their phone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Speed + a moron looking at their phone

Driving today is like a death match

Irresponsible for you to speculate like that.

e
DP. WTF?

What person who is paying attention to the road, blows through children in a crosswalk? I would strongly bet the person was on their phone.

It is utterly irresponsible for you to speculate and jump to conclusions. Two children are dead. Have some goddamn respect.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Speed + a moron looking at their phone

Driving today is like a death match

Irresponsible for you to speculate like that.

e
DP. WTF?

What person who is paying attention to the road, blows through children in a crosswalk? I would strongly bet the person was on their phone.

It is utterly irresponsible for you to speculate and jump to conclusions. Two children are dead. Have some goddamn respect.

How is it irresponsible? How is it disrespectful to the 2 children who were killed by the driver at an elementary school?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Speed + a moron looking at their phone

Driving today is like a death match

Irresponsible for you to speculate like that.

e
DP. WTF?

What person who is paying attention to the road, blows through children in a crosswalk? I would strongly bet the person was on their phone.

It is utterly irresponsible for you to speculate and jump to conclusions. Two children are dead. Have some goddamn respect.

How is it irresponsible? How is it disrespectful to the 2 children who were killed by the driver at an elementary school?

Speculation and jumping to conclusions in any circumstance like this is wildly inappropriate and irresponsible. Only someone who is truly stupid wouldn’t understand that. Are you stupid?

At some point investigators will revel what happened. But you have no idea and what you think or assumed happened may very well might not have.

So cool it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Speed + a moron looking at their phone

Driving today is like a death match

Irresponsible for you to speculate like that.

e
DP. WTF?

What person who is paying attention to the road, blows through children in a crosswalk? I would strongly bet the person was on their phone.

It is utterly irresponsible for you to speculate and jump to conclusions. Two children are dead. Have some goddamn respect.

How is it irresponsible? How is it disrespectful to the 2 children who were killed by the driver at an elementary school?

Speculation and jumping to conclusions in any circumstance like this is wildly inappropriate and irresponsible. Only someone who is truly stupid wouldn’t understand that. Are you stupid?

At some point investigators will revel what happened. But you have no idea and what you think or assumed happened may very well might not have.

So cool it.

Can we get back to talking about how two children were killed by a driver this morning in front of an elementary school? And how this is a thing that is not supposed to happen? And how we need to make big changes, fast - to the roads, to the cars, to the driver behavior - so that it doesn't happen again?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Speed + a moron looking at their phone

Driving today is like a death match

Irresponsible for you to speculate like that.

e
DP. WTF?

What person who is paying attention to the road, blows through children in a crosswalk? I would strongly bet the person was on their phone.

It is utterly irresponsible for you to speculate and jump to conclusions. Two children are dead. Have some goddamn respect.

You are either a troll, or someone truly committed to supporting texting while driving.

NO one is making light of the fact that two children were senselessly killed by an irresponsible and distracted driver. And cell phones are a BIG contributor to distracted driving.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Speed + a moron looking at their phone

Driving today is like a death match

Irresponsible for you to speculate like that.

e
DP. WTF?

What person who is paying attention to the road, blows through children in a crosswalk? I would strongly bet the person was on their phone.

It is utterly irresponsible for you to speculate and jump to conclusions. Two children are dead. Have some goddamn respect.

How is it irresponsible? How is it disrespectful to the 2 children who were killed by the driver at an elementary school?

Speculation and jumping to conclusions in any circumstance like this is wildly inappropriate and irresponsible. Only someone who is truly stupid wouldn’t understand that. Are you stupid?

At some point investigators will revel what happened. But you have no idea and what you think or assumed happened may very well might not have.

So cool it.

Can we get back to talking about how two children were killed by a driver this morning in front of an elementary school? And how this is a thing that is not supposed to happen? And how we need to make big changes, fast - to the roads, to the cars, to the driver behavior - so that it doesn't happen again?

How about you let the investigation finish first?

Jesus.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Speed + a moron looking at their phone

Driving today is like a death match

Irresponsible for you to speculate like that.

e
DP. WTF?

What person who is paying attention to the road, blows through children in a crosswalk? I would strongly bet the person was on their phone.

It is utterly irresponsible for you to speculate and jump to conclusions. Two children are dead. Have some goddamn respect.

You are either a troll, or someone truly committed to supporting texting while driving.

NO one is making light of the fact that two children were senselessly killed by an irresponsible and distracted driver. And cell phones are a BIG contributor to distracted driving.

In this case, nobody knows if they were involved.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Speed + a moron looking at their phone

Driving today is like a death match

Irresponsible for you to speculate like that.

e
DP. WTF?

What person who is paying attention to the road, blows through children in a crosswalk? I would strongly bet the person was on their phone.

It is utterly irresponsible for you to speculate and jump to conclusions. Two children are dead. Have some goddamn respect.

You are either a troll, or someone truly committed to supporting texting while driving.

NO one is making light of the fact that two children were senselessly killed by an irresponsible and distracted driver. And cell phones are a BIG contributor to distracted driving.

It’s amazing how you have no actual knowledge of the case but have already convicted the driver of distracted driving. Wow.

Maybe you should sit the rest of this thread out.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Speed + a moron looking at their phone

Driving today is like a death match

Irresponsible for you to speculate like that.

e
DP. WTF?

What person who is paying attention to the road, blows through children in a crosswalk? I would strongly bet the person was on their phone.

It is utterly irresponsible for you to speculate and jump to conclusions. Two children are dead. Have some goddamn respect.

How is it irresponsible? How is it disrespectful to the 2 children who were killed by the driver at an elementary school?

Speculation and jumping to conclusions in any circumstance like this is wildly inappropriate and irresponsible. Only someone who is truly stupid wouldn’t understand that. Are you stupid?

At some point investigators will revel what happened. But you have no idea and what you think or assumed happened may very well might not have.

So cool it.

Can we get back to talking about how two children were killed by a driver this morning in front of an elementary school? And how this is a thing that is not supposed to happen? And how we need to make big changes, fast - to the roads, to the cars, to the driver behavior - so that it doesn't happen again?

How about you let the investigation finish first?

Jesus.

Why? Here's what we know:

fact: 2 children
fact: killed by a driver
fact: at an elementary school

I think that's plenty of facts to start with.

[Anonymous]

I live down the street from an MCPS elementary school. It's a busy street with a lot of construction and the crosswalks that do exist have limited visibility. Drivers routinely go 10-20 miles above the speed limit. I've been here for 20 years and never once seen any effort to enforce speed limits.

[Anonymous]

The intersection appears to be right in front of the school parking lot. No crossing guard?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Speed + a moron looking at their phone

Driving today is like a death match

Irresponsible for you to speculate like that.

e
DP. WTF?

What person who is paying attention to the road, blows through children in a crosswalk? I would strongly bet the person was on their phone.

It is utterly irresponsible for you to speculate and jump to conclusions. Two children are dead. Have some goddamn respect.

How is it irresponsible? How is it disrespectful to the 2 children who were killed by the driver at an elementary school?

Speculation and jumping to conclusions in any circumstance like this is wildly inappropriate and irresponsible. Only someone who is truly stupid wouldn’t understand that. Are you stupid?

At some point investigators will revel what happened. But you have no idea and what you think or assumed happened may very well might not have.

So cool it.

Can we get back to talking about how two children were killed by a driver this morning in front of an elementary school? And how this is a thing that is not supposed to happen? And how we need to make big changes, fast - to the roads, to the cars, to the driver behavior - so that it doesn't happen again?

How about you let the investigation finish first?

Jesus.

Why? Here's what we know:

fact: 2 children
fact: killed by a driver
fact: at an elementary school

I think that's plenty of facts to start with.

I don’t, since you are seeking policy solutions.