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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Stupid parent. [/quote]
If you mean the kid's parent, we don't know if she told him to get out because it looked like the coast was clear or if he just decided to hop out on his own. Regardless, I'm sure the parent was wracked with guilt, as was the driver who hit him. Don't blame the victim; focus on a way to prevent a worse incident. This is not the first kid to get hit at that intersection. I've had several close calls there myself even when I had the right of way as a pedestrian. I live near there and I have seen a lot of accidents. People coming up the hill apparently don't see the light in time (perhaps because there are several sets of lights or the sun is in their eyes or they can't figure out if they're supposed to stop at Fort Drive or Davenport) and they breeze right through. There are no marked turn lanes. The streets don't line up properly, which goes back to how they were developed back in the day when the grid was put in. The new signals have helped somewhat but a car hit one of the poles a couple months back and the crossing signal has been cockeyed ever since. That's actually the signal on the crosswalk where the student was hit.

The congestion at this intersection is only going to get worse once Murch moves back into its building on Davenport, so the city really needs to get on it.  [/quote]

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