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[quote=Anonymous]I was driving this afternoon and saw a mom with 2-3 (can't remember exact number) of kids half a block ahead of me on sidewalk and the mom was looking as if she might be trying to cross the street so I slowed down. It was hard for me to tell what exactly was going on - the mom had the same look I have when I am rushing to take my kids someplace and right after I have locked the door to the house, one of them announced that they forgot something in the house. Anyway, family was in the middle of the block (no crosswalk) and kids were not toddlers (maybe ages 6-8) so I assumed that if they were ready to cross the street, they would wait for me to pass since there were no cars behind me.

Mom then stepped out into the road and put her hand up to signal me to stop, which I did. Mom them looked super mad at me and had her kids cross the street. She then started getting into her car, which was parked on the other side of the street and started talking to me so I rolled down my window. She said something like "don't you stop for children?" and I said "I had assumed you were going to tell your children to wait since I have the right of the way - you were crossing in the middle of a street." She then said "so you think it is OK to hit a kid?" I then said "of course not, that is why I slowed down the second I saw you." I then drove away (her kids were in the car at that point), but what is the etiquette here? I live on a similar street and I always ingrain my kids to wait for cars and never assume a car will stop for them. I also think she should have waited for me to pass or walked to the corner. If she had been at the corner, I would have treated it like a crosswalk situation and stopped for her.

This was on a street connecting Reno and Wisconsin in DC - I don't think it had a double yellow line. [/quote]

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