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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The $1 million or $10 million from the driver’s umbrella policy or lawsuit in a wrongful death would be cold comfort. As a parent, you need to be smarter. [/quote]

As a driver, you need to be smarter. It would be cold comfort to you that your driver's insurance paid out to the dead child's family, wouldn't it?[/quote]
Don’t be ridiculous. A lot of things could be improved from that video. But between a driver and a parent, who do you rely on to be smarter when it comes to the safety of your child? If you say driver, you need to be smarter. Else, you could have an insurance payment and a funeral. [/quote]

My personal opinion is that the people who have the potential to kill other people while traveling have the greatest responsibility to be careful.

The most careful behavior in the world can't prevent a careless driver from killing you. That's why we need to focus on the careless drivers.[/quote]
Don’t be obtuse. Dismounting the bikes and [b]waiting a completely clear road in time to cross [/b]or for the cars to all come to a stop would have prevented this near miss. Yeah, it’s a pain, takes longer, people get impatient. It’s what’s required here. [/quote]

This may never happen on such an arterial road.  Even getting all cars to stop is a long shot, many people don't stop until someone is actually IN the crosswalk and basically willing to play chicken.  And the car had stopped for the TWO lanes they had entered; getting the 3rd lane of cars to stop while they were on the far side of the intersection -- NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.  And while they are waiting for that 3rd lane to stop, the 1st and 2nd lane will get impatient and probably resume motion in impatience.[/quote]

Sure.  So what's the safe thing for a parent to do in this situation? Send their small child ahead to cross alone?  No. It's either -- turn around and find a different route, or walk very carefully across with child at your side.  [/quote]

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