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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In DC we all tout our walkable neighborhoods, the downside is when a sociopath deliberately reverses then drives a truck into children in broad daylight as they are walking with their mom and pet on Capitol Hill.

I think a lot of us are working hard to be in denial about how dangerous many of those who walk and drive among us are.

Warning, hard to watch

[twitter]https://twitter.com/RamirezReports/status/1712917147913998621[/twitter]

The general vibe of lawlessness and politicians ignoring or enabling it pose real dangers. [/quote]

Why is this not a story on WTOP, NBC4, etc.?![/quote]

What’s the story?

Video shows a driver who proceeded through a 4-way stop and stupidly wasn’t paying attention. Video also shows pedestrians stupidly crossing the street not paying attention. A collision ensues, a child gets hurt, and the driver speeds off.

Not worth air time.[/quote]

Wow.  Read the story.  [b]The mother reportedly locked eyes with the driver before proceeding into the crosswalk[/b].

I mean, I know people on this site don't care about human life, but come on....[/quote]

If that’s true, then it makes her even dumber for playing a game of chicken with an SUV while her kids are in tow.[/quote]

Huh? Where do you get that? She made eye contact while the SUV was stopped or slowly rolling. Then as she was walking the SUV accelerated into her. [/quote]

NP. Watch the video. Forget whatever was told to a reporter. It's clear both parties weren't paying attention. The driver is certainly at fault for hitting a person in a crosswalk and then especially for fleeing the scene. But the crossing adults certainly have a responsibility for maintaining situational awareness and not putting children in harm's way.

Pretty much the stupidest thing a pedestrian can do is start walking in front of a moving vehicle with an assumption that said vehicle will stop because pedestrians have the right of way.[/quote]

+1. I’ve lived on the Hill for 15 years and I’ve never crossed a crosswalk with kids without the car fully stopped.  Lots of people don’t stop, and it isn’t worth the risk.[/quote]

It looks like in this case, the driver purposely wanted to hit the kid, so this couldn’t have been avoided.[/quote]

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