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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A five year old on a scooter or bike should be on the sidewalk or right next to a parent. Unless the van was driving on the sidewalk, I don't know why you would assume it was the driver's fault. [/quote]

The child was in a crosswalk. There's no way for a driver to kill her unless they ran the stop sign. Even if the child got out ahead of her parents, an attentive driver who stopped at the sign would STILL have been able to stop. [/quote]

Not necessarily. Just a few days ago I stopped at a 4 way stop, stopped and had eyes on every single pedestrian, and was going slowly forward while looking around and a kid (probably middle schoolers? Old enough to know better) somehow hurtled himself across the crosswalk directly in front of my car. I don’t even remember if I managed to hit the brake or if he ran away, but I remember he had the deer in the headlights look and I am still shaken. I followed all laws and was being very careful and still almost killed a kid. [/quote]

And anyone who has hit a deer can tell you that you can do everything right, morally and legally, and still hit something or someone who hurtles into the path of a moving vehicle.[/quote]

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