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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I will get flamed for this but kids need to be taught safety. They can't be ushered across the street by crossing guards. I know things happen and NOTHING can prevent an accident from occurring occasionally but crossing the street is a life skill these kids need to master before something like this happens. Crossing guards who stop traffic for kids to cross are doing them a disservice. They need to learn to cross an intersection that is fully functional.

Again, I know I'll get flamed for this but the crossing guards who stop traffic instead of working with traffic -- i.e., holding the kids on the corner until the light changes and then helping them cross, instead of STOPPING traffic that has the right of way -- don't help them learn this important life skill.

Again, not saying that has anything to do with yesterday's terrible accident -- just an observation I've made since my DC started school.[/quote]

I agree kids need to learn safety but I don't get how this applies to the 9 year old.  She got off the bus onto a street with no sidewalks and the bus made a right hand turn into her.  This is a driver causes accident.[/quote]

who cares if the driver is at fault if the kid is dead? Kids need to be taught to never, never, ever, ever, ever, ever walk into the street unless they A, have the right of way, and B, have made eye contact with the driver. Never.

Kids are so used to being given the right of way when it's not their turn that they don't know how to do this simple thing -- cross the street. [b]Yes, the driver hit the kid but the kid was in the road[/b]. Why?[/quote]

BECAUSE THERE'S NO DAMN SIDEWALK.[/quote]

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