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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yesterday, I came to an intersection while driving my car. Three little children (6, 6, & 7) ran through traffic to pick a flower. The 7 yo tried to stop the 6 yo, but she pulled free and ran into traffic. then they all panicked and ran back through traffic to get back where they thought they were safe (on the other side of the road) Traffic stopped until they were all safe, but I thought of those free range children. they were so little, running in between the cars ...[/quote]

I'm wondering what you mean by "ran through traffic" and "running in between the cars". Were they crossing the street at the intersection? If you are in Maryland, there is a legal crosswalk at every intersection, and the law requires drivers to stop for pedestrians in the crosswalk.

Of course nobody should expect drivers to obey this law at unmarked crosswalks, since drivers don't obey the law at marked crosswalks, or even at traffic signals. Nonetheless, that's the law.

I am wondering what it has to do with the Meitiv children, though. Nobody has said that the Meitiv children "ran through traffic".[/quote]

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