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As clearly stated in DC’s pedestrian traffic regulations, “Pedestrians may cross the roadway within a marked or unmarked crosswalk. However, no pedestrian shall suddenly leave a curb, safety platform, safety zone, loading platform or other designated place of safety and walk or turn into the path of a vehicle which is so close that it is impossible for the driver to yield.”

So if Allie did indeed dart out in front of the car, then yes, there is more we need to know. It’s just not as simple as you want it to be. [/quote]

There is more you want to know, if you're trying to figure out whether you can blame a five-year-old for being killed by an adult licensed driver in a crosswalk at an intersection in her neighborhood.

If you're trying to figure out how to prevent this from happening, then no, there is not more "we" "need" to know. "Parents should hold on to their children at all times" and "Parents should not allow five-year-olds to ride bikes" are not effective prevention strategies, they're expressions of your opinions.[/quote]

A child darting out in front of a car that cannot safely stop in time is 100% relevant. It’s not an opinion - it’s fact. [/quote]

Relevant to what, though?

If you want to prevent this from happening again, here's what you focus on: making sure that drivers can safely stop in time, before hitting and killing children.[/quote]

[b]It is astounding to me that you can’t accept that there will be times that people cannot stop safely and in time, no matter what safety measures are in place. [/b] That’s why there called accidents and that’s why there are both rules for cars and rules for pedestrians.

Let’s say the driver had a medical emergency behind the wheel and passed out. And that Allie then darted out in front of that essentially driverless car. What then?  How could that accident have been prevented?[/quote]

The US has the highest road death rate, by far, among other wealthy countries. Maybe drivers in other wealthy countries don't have medical emergencies. Or maybe those other countries are doing things to prevent road deaths that we could also do, if we chose to, instead of trying to invent ways to blame five-year-olds.[/quote]

I don’t understand why we can‘t do things to improve road safety AND supervise our kids better on the off chance those road safety measures don’t work. [/quote]

Has anybody said you shouldn't supervise your children? Supervise away. [/quote]

There is one poster here that is basically saying it is always 100% the drivers fault - meaning unsupervised kids darting out into traffic is a-ok.  I’m glad you agree that there is some parental responsibility in these situations. [/quote]

Some parents are going to find any way to shirk responsibility. It's the same thing when you talk about schools- oh my child is misbehaving? What do you want me to do about it? Clearly it's the teacher's fault. No matter what. [/quote]

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