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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]

If only there were something that could be done to increase driver compliance with traffic laws...Oh! Actually there is! Traffic enforcement. We need more of it. Write to your county and state elected officials - that's something you can do today. And while you're at it, tell them that you want streets to be designed/redesigned so that pedestrians and bicyclists can cross safely and conveniently.[/quote]
No can do. I have funeral arrangements to make because I was more of an idiot to let my 4 yr old bike across a dangerous crosswalk than the idiot driver who see through the crosswalk. [b]But no one is against enforcement.[/b] We can be safe and vigilant and campaign for better crosswalk safety. [/quote]

Lots of people are against enforcement. Lots and lots and lots of people. Similarly, lots of people are against changes to road design that make streets safer for pedestrians and bicyclists - because these changes require changes in driver behavior.

All of the vigilance in the world can't protect your kids from unsafe drivers on unsafe roads. Just ask the parents of the high school students who got hit by a car ON THE SIDEWALK on Georgia Avenue while walking to their school bus stop. One of the kids is in the hospital in critical condition. The Planning Department is hosting a safety audit in Aspen Hill on November 3, starting from the Aspen Hill library, where people will walk the Aspen Hill community and rate the experience of the sidewalks, intersections and roads. Would you like to come?

http://montgomeryplanningboard.org/statement-from-montgomery-county-planning-board-chair-casey-anderson-on-aspen-hill-collision/[/quote]

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