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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What about that ex-NFL player who drove over and killed his 3 year old? Just give me a gun, so I could off myself. I cannot imagine.[/quote]

It happened here in Potomac, MD a couple years ago. Mother backing out of driveway and didn't see daughter who ran out.

This is why back-up cameras will be mandatory in all vehicles in the US starting next year.[/quote]

There are constantly incidents about this.  The car I want doesn't come with a camera as an option so I'm waiting till 2018 where it is required.  No way I'd buy another car without one.[/quote]

This accident happened when he was going forward, not reverse. [/quote]

[b]A kid can move faster than someone can anticipate stepping on the brake unfortunately.[/b]

This is such a downer thread.  My heart goes out to the parents who watched their kid die in front of them.

People are looking for excuses to blame parents.  I wonder how many posters who say the it's the parents fault, do stuff like text and drive.  Truly, put your phone down and drive.  [/quote]

This is true, but the restaurant wasn't rotating fast. It takes one hour for the restaurant to make one full circle. So whatever the child was doing, it probably wasn't for a fraction of a second. [/quote]

I was speaking about accidents involving a kid darting out behind a car, but in terms of the restaurant I agree with PP that even though the restaurant is moving slower, it might not have been a second, but if he was positioned where he was stuck it could take seconds for him to remain stuck.

It's just horrific.  [b]I don't understand people's outrage toward the parents for this accident or the Disney alligator thing.  (I was really mad at the mom b/c the gorilla died, but after my initial outrage, my heart softened.  All parents have bad days.)  The only parent that I really see as culpable is the mom who perched her kid on top of the railing of the wild dogs.  All horrific experiences for these parents.

[/b]My point is that many people put their kids at unnecessary risk by doing things like texting and driving.  So I think most people who say that they would never let X, Y, Z happen are probably hypocrites.  But to prove them wrong, they'd have to lose a child.  I'd rather not prove them wrong, just take everyday safety more seriously, not freak happenings.[/quote]

The Disney alligator incident could have been prevented, it was dark, late and the 3 year old was in the water alone where signs said to stay out.  I would never let a toddler wander into an open body of water without holding my hand-especially at night.  The gorilla incident could have been prevented as you should always hold a kids hand in a crowded zoo-he was unsupervised, plain and simple.  The wild dog mom is completely at fault and basically killed her kid due to a stupid act.  the revolving restaurant incident does not seem to be the fault of the parents as the restaurant was empty, the kid was 5 or less feet away where they could see him and the design of the rotating restaurant seems faulty and dangerous as the tables are fixed to the floor and creates an entrapment risk-which sadly in the case it did.  I do not blame these parents-though with more info-may find partial fault with them too.[/quote]

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