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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The car passed a stopped car at a marked pedestrian crossing.

CRV driver at fault.

If that girl died I am betting vehicular manslaughter[/quote]
True. 
Also true: the parents here could have avoided the near miss entirely by exercising prudent cautioun (though not required by law and as would have been done by at least 90% DCUMers, if this thread is any measure). 
It’s your choice. For me, I’d rather take the extra time so my family gets home safely. [/quote]

It still would have been a near miss.  That SUV was speeding past the stopped car and into the crosswalk.  The adult would have been a few feet farther into the crosswalk is all.  [/quote]

Yes, but much less risky. The mom would have had hands on the kid and likely stopped before the SUV even entered the crosswalk.  [/quote]

Yes, the mom would be standing in front of the stopped car with a death grip on her kid's wrist, peeking around to see the other car failing to yield. I know that outcome because I'm that mom so many times, and I still can't understand how you see a crosswalk, see pedestrian activity, see a stopped car with no turn, and the driver chooses not to slow down to see what might be coming up ahead.[/quote]
This is what’s required. To the others screaming here that the driver is required to stop — good luck to you and your kids. 
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My kid is grown. I want a better world for all kids.  I am trying to change the world, not just figure out what advice to give my kids. I would certainly tell my daughter not to drink at frat parties, to be careful going out alone at night - but I am not going to focus on stuff like that when a sexual assault takes place.  When a driver nearly kills a child, because they were driving negligently, probably speeding - I am not going to focus on parenting. But you be you, I guess. [/quote]
Good for you I guess if you’re willing to sacrifice your kid to better the world. But the rest of us want both: our kids alive and idiot drivers to obey traffic laws.  But only one of these I can control today. [/quote]

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