Why are there not playgrounds at rest stops?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Because the world does not revolve around kids

This.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Rest stops are crowded as it is. If the average stop time became any more prolonged, it would be impossible other motorists to get in and out.

When we needed a longer break, we would get off the highway and fine a local park or elementary school, easy enough to do now with an online search. Back when my kids were little, we had them marked on an old AAA Triptik for the 500 mile trip to grandma’s house that we took several times a year. Yes, I’m old.

We do this too for annual drive to see family in Michigan. We know a variety of parks etc along the route. We pack a lunch and snacks and take two 1-hr breaks in a day so kids can run around. We only go to actual rest stops if it’s raining.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm totally overprotective I admit it, but I don't go to playgrounds anywhere near highways. Too easy for someone to snatch a kid and be gone in a flash.

How many times has this happened in America in the last decade?

I admitted I was overprotective! Stranger abduction is very rare. That being said, in NJ a five year old girl was snatched from a playground just last October.

Dulce Alavez?

Yeah, you can't convince me her MOTHER wasn't in on her "abduction."

[Anonymous]

Because it is a rest stop not a park.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I see people walking their children and pets around the grassy areas of rest stops. Why were playgrounds not incorporated into the design of rest areas?

They are there for people to use the bathroom not recreation. Why do you think the rest of the world gives a damn about whether your kids need a walk. We don't. They are your problem.

Perhaps we could have two kinds of rest stops. Concrete cinder block public bathrooms for this PP, and pleasant places for a respite on a road trip for the rest of us. PP, we could add hair shirts to your bathrooms, if you like. And make the water freezing in winter, and just hot enough to scald you in summer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I see people walking their children and pets around the grassy areas of rest stops. Why were playgrounds not incorporated into the design of rest areas?

They are there for people to use the bathroom not recreation. Why do you think the rest of the world gives a damn about whether your kids need a walk. We don't. They are your problem.

Perhaps we could have two kinds of rest stops. Concrete cinder block public bathrooms for this PP, and pleasant places for a respite on a road trip for the rest of us. PP, we could add hair shirts to your bathrooms, if you like. And make the water freezing in winter, and just hot enough to scald you in summer.

And how should these pleasant places be funded?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There's one at the South Mountain rest stop on I-70 in Md. But generally they are just to go to the bathroom and get a snack.

They actually pulled it out for the pandemic. It's not there anymore.

What? I was there at the playground 2 weeks ago...

[Anonymous]

I'd bet that McDonalds lobbied against it so their play places would do better.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I see people walking their children and pets around the grassy areas of rest stops. Why were playgrounds not incorporated into the design of rest areas?

They are there for people to use the bathroom not recreation. Why do you think the rest of the world gives a damn about whether your kids need a walk. We don't. They are your problem.

Perhaps we could have two kinds of rest stops. Concrete cinder block public bathrooms for this PP, and pleasant places for a respite on a road trip for the rest of us. PP, we could add hair shirts to your bathrooms, if you like. And make the water freezing in winter, and just hot enough to scald you in summer.

And how should these pleasant places be funded?

With money the cut from police departments.

[Anonymous]

Just stop at a chik fila with a playroom. But not on Sunday

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm totally overprotective I admit it, but I don't go to playgrounds anywhere near highways. Too easy for someone to snatch a kid and be gone in a flash.

How many times has this happened in America in the last decade?

I admitted I was overprotective! Stranger abduction is very rare. That being said, in NJ a five year old girl was snatched from a playground just last October.

Dulce Alavez?

Yeah, you can't convince me her MOTHER wasn't in on her "abduction."

FBI disagrees

https://www.nj.com/cumberland/2020/08/missing-bridgeton-girl-dulce-alavez-likely-abducted-in-crime-of-opportunity-fbi-agent-says.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because the world does not revolve around kids

This.

Herein lies the problem .

[Anonymous]

Because they don't want kids running around uncontrolled and unsupervised around highways and entrance and exit ramps and big trucks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People don't stay very long, communities/states prefer to invest in playgrounds that their community can access, and most people wouldn't utilize them.

This response deserves highlighting. Good point.

[Anonymous]

so you don't forget one and so they don't get molested or abducted...