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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This car was 100% at fault.  You can nitpick a hundred different ways the parents could have been even more cautious to prevent this, but the car was driving recklessly and almost killed a kid.

You can see they are all trailing each other.  Dad doesn't realize how far back the little one is, the girl doesn't slow down enough before she enters the cross walk.  Mom sees the car and does almost jump off her bike but would have been way too late.  It was about 3 or 4 small things that if NOT there, would have kept this from being so close.  Yes, I'd make sure the kid knows to never enter the crosswalk without stopping at the side first and getting the go-ahead from mom or dad.  Yes I make sure my kids are next to me, with an iron grip on their hands when we walk across.  But I still do not blame the parents at all here.

The car was driving recklessly and should be ticketed.[/quote]

Absolutely agree.  There was a stopped car to the SUV's left. [b] It was incredibly reckless for the SUV driver to blow past a stopped car without understanding why that car was stopped.  I hate people who don't notice their surroundings when they drive. [/b] It's happenned to me in parking lots before.  People suck.  [/quote]

Raise your hand if you have a driver's license and you know that it's against the law in Maryland to pass a car stopped at a crosswalk (marked OR unmarked).[/quote]

I have a driver's license. I couldn't have told you for sure whether it's legal in Maryland to pass a car stopped a crosswalk, but I can tell you I never pass a car stopped at a crosswalk at an otherwise uncontrolled crossing without at least slowing down enough to make sure the crosswalk is clear first.[/quote]

Now you know!

§ 21-502. Pedestrians' right-of-way in crosswalks
Universal Citation: MD Transp Code § 21-502 (2017)
(a) In general. --
(1) This subsection does not apply where:
(i) A pedestrian tunnel or overhead pedestrian crossing is provided, as described in § 21-503 (b) of this subtitle; or
(ii) A traffic control signal is in operation.
(2) The driver of a vehicle shall come to a stop when a pedestrian crossing the roadway in a crosswalk is:
(i) On the half of the roadway on which the vehicle is traveling; or
(ii) Approaching from an adjacent lane on the other half of the roadway.
(b) Duty of pedestrian. -- A pedestrian may not suddenly leave a curb or other place of safety and walk or run into the path of a vehicle which is so close that it is impossible for the driver to yield.
(c) Passing of vehicle stopped for pedestrian prohibited. -- If, at a marked crosswalk or at an unmarked crosswalk at an intersection, a vehicle is stopped to let a pedestrian cross the roadway, the driver of any other vehicle approaching from the rear may not overtake and pass the stopped vehicle.
(d) Violation of section that contributes to accident prohibited. -- A person may not commit a violation of subsection (a) or (c) of this section that contributes to an accident.
(e) Penalties for violation of section. -- A person convicted of a violation of subsection (d) of this section is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 2 months or a fine not exceeding $ 500 or both.[/quote]

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