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Anonymous wrote:I read that it was a van driver who was dropping off kids and that they hit the gas instead of the break.

This is such a BS excuse. Who in the actual eff hits the gas instead of the brake?

16,000 a year, in the US.

https://www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/news/frequency-of-car-crashes-where-drivers-hit-the-gas-instead-of-the-brake/

It's a type of car crash that is reported on quite a bit, where the driver smashes into a building because they hit the gas instead of the brake.

There are 44 crashes every day in the county, and they are the result of what police call "braking bad". This is in reference to drivers punching the gas, instead of tapping the brake. In most cases, the drivers are usually either very young or elderly.

The most recent one in the area happened at a bakery in Davis, where there were only minor injuries.

However, close calls like this happen more often than one might think.

The Answers Desk discovered that an estimated 16,000 car accidents are caused by pedal errors every year.

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Anonymous wrote:I read that it was a van driver who was dropping off kids and that they hit the gas instead of the break.

This is such a BS excuse. Who in the actual eff hits the gas instead of the brake?

Right!! Literally never done that in my life.

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Anonymous wrote:Speed + a moron looking at their phone

Driving today is like a death match

Irresponsible for you to speculate like that.

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DP. WTF?

What person who is paying attention to the road, blows through children in a crosswalk? I would strongly bet the person was on their phone.

It is utterly irresponsible for you to speculate and jump to conclusions. Two children are dead. Have some goddamn respect.

You are either a troll, or someone truly committed to supporting texting while driving.

NO one is making light of the fact that two children were senselessly killed by an irresponsible and distracted driver. And cell phones are a BIG contributor to distracted driving.

It’s amazing how you have no actual knowledge of the case but have already convicted the driver of distracted driving. Wow.

Maybe you should sit the rest of this thread out.

Either the driver was distracted or… what? They were paying attention? Are you saying they hit the kids intentionally?

Or lots of things? Certainly possible the driver was distracted (you seem extremely eager to push that). Maybe the driver was drunk. Maybe the driver had a seizure. Maybe the driver was going 100 mph. Maybe the driver was going 10 mph. Maybe it wasn't even the driver's fault. It could be anything. That's why we have the police investigate.

All the speculation in this thread is gross and disrespectful. Not a single one of you knows what happened.

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We walk to/from school and people will NOT stop to let us cross. Drivers 100% see us, start to slow and then change their minds because apparently, 45 seconds is too insurmountable for their day. Its a T-intersection and only the one road has a stop sign but all directions should have a stop sign with flashing pedestrian lights and cameras for when people dont stop. I wish they would make pedestrian signs that flashed and when hit by a pedestrian turned all lights to STOP signs.

PG county has even more of a burden to increase pedestrian safety BECAUSE they wont provide busing for students that live close. I think its 1.5 mile radius for our local elementary. We have no crossing guard at the intersection we cross but the annex 1/2mile up the same street has one for HS students.

Isn't it dangerous for both cars and pedestrians if cars are stopping in the middle of a road? Seems like the car would get rear ended and the pedestrians still hit.

We have a road like this near our house where people are just jaywalking to school daily and it's dangerous for everyone. IMO the pedestrians should either walk to the light and cross or wait until cars go past to cross.

I agree that a 3 way stop would be best. Or a crossing guard. Without a crossing guard, cars don't always know to stop (we're in a multicultural area and barely anyone knows specific state rules on driving. They just automatically give people drivers licenses.)

Yes, it's dangerous for cars. No, it's not dangerous for the people in the cars.

I don't know where you live, but probably many of the "jaywalking" people are crossing at intersections, which means they are crossing in a crosswalk and have the right of way, and drivers are supposed to stop.

No, this is not correct, and it makes me so mad that so many people don't understand this. If the cars do not have a stop light/sign or flashing pedestrian crossing lights, THEY DO NOT HAVE TO STOP for pedestrians *waiting* to cross (yes, even at a marked crosswalk!). They have to stop for people *already* in the crosswalk, but as a PP mentioned, it is actually dangerous to stop in the middle of the road otherwise. Pedestrians are supposed to wait until the road is clear before they *start* crossing. It sucks when a busy intersection is never clear, but that's cause to request a pedestrian crossing light or stop sign or some other traffic flow alteration. Drivers still have a duty of care to avoid accidents whenever possible, even if they technically have right of way - but in this case, they do in fact still have right of way.

Anonymous wrote:I read that it was a van driver who was dropping off kids and that they hit the gas instead of the break.

This is such a BS excuse. Who in the actual eff hits the gas instead of the brake?

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Anonymous wrote:What do you expect in a county where half ther cars have illegal tint and are driven by a person smoking a blunt?

Not true at all; and absolutely not true in the Riverdale community. You should be ashamed of yourself.

DP. The illegal tint is accurate. Maybe an undercount.

Anonymous wrote:What do you expect in a county where half ther cars have illegal tint and are driven by a person smoking a blunt?

Not true at all; and absolutely not true in the Riverdale community. You should be ashamed of yourself.

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Anonymous wrote:Speed + a moron looking at their phone

Driving today is like a death match

I think you mean being a pedestrian is a death match. The drivers are protected by a couple thousand pounds of metal and usually walk away.

That is what I meant, but I feel unsafe driving too!

Anonymous wrote:I read that it was a van driver who was dropping off kids and that they hit the gas instead of the break.

That makes sense, tragically.

The road is a narrow one with many stop signs. At 20 MPH a crash would injure a child, but wouldn't be likely to kill them, certainly not both of them. SO the driver really must have been speeding. That explanation would make sense. How horriffic.

Anonymous wrote:My brother goes to this school, they have no busses. All kids are to walk or get dropped off by parents. You also cannot drop your kid off on school property because they have the parking lot blocked off. You have to park your car a block, sometimes 2 blocks away and walk your children to the school. I have not seen a single crossing guard in the mornings at any of the intersections in well over a month. Most of the time the police are the ones assisting kids to cross the road. The staff are great, but the traffic situation is dangerous and needs to be improved. My heart goes out to these children and their families. If there was a crossing guard there this morning this could have been prevented.

This explains why that area has such a traffic problem then. I didn’t know they had no busses arriving at this school.

This reminds me that we also see kids crossing a busy highway to walk down Taylor Road. Having kids cross such a highway by walking seems insane to me.

Anonymous wrote:I read that it was a van driver who was dropping off kids and that they hit the gas instead of the break.

I can't even imagine. Just so tragic.

I read that it was a van driver who was dropping off kids and that they hit the gas instead of the break.

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Anonymous wrote:I am always amazed that parents do not walk their ES and MS children to school in this country. Mainly because the traffic here is so insane and there are so many rash and distracted drivers on the road.

I am sure that many others will call me a helicopter parent etc, but I was vigilant to prevent my kids against accidents and crime because of such kinds of tragic news. Was it convenient for me to do so? Of course not!

Well bully for you! Not all parents have the ability to do this. Way to blame the families.

Huh? Really? This should be the cautionary tale to make people muster the ability to not become free range parents.

Coordinate with other responsible adults to make sure that the children are safe. Why become parents if you cannot do the bare minimum?

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Anonymous wrote:Speed + a moron looking at their phone

Driving today is like a death match

Irresponsible for you to speculate like that.

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DP. WTF?

What person who is paying attention to the road, blows through children in a crosswalk? I would strongly bet the person was on their phone.

It is utterly irresponsible for you to speculate and jump to conclusions. Two children are dead. Have some goddamn respect.

You are either a troll, or someone truly committed to supporting texting while driving.

NO one is making light of the fact that two children were senselessly killed by an irresponsible and distracted driver. And cell phones are a BIG contributor to distracted driving.

It’s amazing how you have no actual knowledge of the case but have already convicted the driver of distracted driving. Wow.

Maybe you should sit the rest of this thread out.

Either the driver was distracted or… what? They were paying attention? Are you saying they hit the kids intentionally?

Or lots of things? Certainly possible the driver was distracted (you seem extremely eager to push that). Maybe the driver was drunk. Maybe the driver had a seizure. Maybe the driver was going 100 mph. Maybe the driver was going 10 mph. Maybe it wasn't even the driver's fault. It could be anything. That's why we have the police investigate.

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Anonymous wrote:It's being reported that the driver is affiliated with the school - not sure if it is another parent, a staff member or something else.

Bet you anything it’s a drop-off parent being insanely selfish and doing a uturn backing into the kids in the crosswalk. Or taking a right turn into the crosswalk. How awful.

It’s a van driver that picks up/drops off kids for the school. I believe there are 3 or 4 of them since the schools do not offer any bus services for students. Families have to pay for the service. I tried to get my child the van services but they wanted to charge me $50 a week. This particular driver was running late today. They are always at the school dropping off kids at 7:45 when I’m bringing my kid in.