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Legally the driver is at fault.  100%.  Drivers are required to stop for pedestrians in a crosswalk.  If a driver can not see the crosswalk, because another car HAS ALREADY STOPPED,[b] it's incumbent on them to slow down enough so that they can see the whole crosswalk and ensure it is clear[/b].  The fact that you don't know that would have me questioning your judgment.  [/quote]

In fact, it's LEGALLY REQUIRED for them to STOP. A driver may not pass another car stopped at a crosswalk.[/quote]

[b]This isn't a question of what the law requires. [/b]It's about the duty of parents to supervise their children safely -- not in an ideal world where everyone follows the law, but in the ACTUAL world.  Biking across a fast-moving intersection is a well known hazards.  Parents who are going to engage with their kids in an inherently dangerous activity need to inform themselves of such hazards and take actions to protect their kids. This is no different from teaching your kids to stay safe in any other context.  [/quote]

Of course it's a question of what the law requires. If the passing driver had stopped, as the law requires, instead of driving into the crosswalk, we wouldn't be having this [b]mis-titled thread[/b]. The passing driver almost killed a child, and you're focusing on what the parents did or didn't do.[/quote]

Geez!  I'm sorry you don't like my thread title....

In my mind, the parents could have been more careful and stopped the child from crossing knowing that, for whatever reason, people around here don't like to stop for people in crosswalks.  That doesn't absolve the driver of any responsibility.  If they had hit the child they would have been 100% legally responsible but the parents would have blamed themselves and wished they had done things differently for the rest of their lives.  I'm just glad everyone in the video is safe.

FYI it's not my cash-cam video for the person that asked but you can buy dash-cams from Amazon (and probably electronics stores?).[/quote]

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