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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This car was 100% at fault.  You can nitpick a hundred different ways the parents could have been even more cautious to prevent this, but the car was driving recklessly and almost killed a kid.

You can see they are all trailing each other.  Dad doesn't realize how far back the little one is, the girl doesn't slow down enough before she enters the cross walk.  Mom sees the car and does almost jump off her bike but would have been way too late.  It was about 3 or 4 small things that if NOT there, would have kept this from being so close.  Yes, I'd make sure the kid knows to never enter the crosswalk without stopping at the side first and getting the go-ahead from mom or dad.  Yes I make sure my kids are next to me, with an iron grip on their hands when we walk across.  But I still do not blame the parents at all here.

The car was driving recklessly and should be ticketed.[/quote]

wtf? you just listed 10 things the parents did wrong, then concluded the driver was 100% at fault?  [/quote]

Not that poster, but yea, the SUV was 100% at fault.  Yes, the parents could have been more cautious, but there is zero excuse for the SUV to blow through that crosswalk without ensuring it was clear.   [/quote]

Do you understand what fault means? The fact that the SUV was at fault does NOT mean the parents were not at fault.  They were BOTH at fault.  And since the parents have a higher duty to protect their child, I'd argue that they did a morally worse thing.  Legally, I don't know. [/quote]

Legally, the SUV driver would be wrong. The law requires them to stop at the crosswalk to yield to those crossing, and the SUV didn't do that. It doesn't matter how many excuses they make for why they didn't see the girl, they are legally obligated to make sure the crosswalk is clear before proceeding through it. The SUV driver did not do that here.[/quote]

Does legal liability absolve the parents of supervising their children in a safe manner?  [/quote]

OMG.   They were crossing at a marked crosswalk at a slow rate of speed. One parent in front and one behind. The driver was flat out wrong. Criminally negligent. [/quote]

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