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ok, so a couple of days ago, in the next town over from me, a 5yr. old boy gets hit by an suv, on his way to get on the school bus, in front of his mother and other parents and kids. He didn't make it. From what i know he got excited and the woman hadn't stopped yet and he ran out in front of her. Then yesterday an 11yr. old girl was walking with her 9 yr. old brother to go to school or to the bus stop not sure, but a man hit her, thought she was a mailbox, he's been in trouble many times from not paying attention on the road, and other driving related stuff. he also has serubal palsy(not sure how to spell it). she's in critical condition. I just think something should be done to stop anymore kids from getting hurt and killed. i have a 5yr.old son who is only about a week younger than the one who died and it just makes me cry. i'm glad i'm able to take him to school myself and pray everyday for God to protect him. I know i would just lose it if anything ever happened to him.

 
that is SO Sad!
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People really need to pay attention when driving. I do 110 on the express way, but on side streets I DO THE SPEED LIMIT. people are not LIVING ON EXPRESS WAYS SIDESTREETS ARE NOT EXPRESSWAYS!

 
people are careless!! i always cross the street and notice cars not slowing down at all, asuming i'll speed up and they wont hit me..ugh! nobody has patience anymore

 
i know that's like at our grocery store and target, i've seen people not even stop at the stop sign. i always double check to make sure no one is gonna pop out, people need to pay attention and slow down, especially when they see a bus about to stop or during the time kids are going to school. that guy shouldn't even be driving.

 
I think that maybe you should contact the police in your area and let themm know that is an area that needs to be monitored, also maybe make a petition demanding that the police keep that under under control in relation to speeding. Maybe write to the city and ask them to put speed bumps down in that area

People and reckless driving in neighborhoods is getting worse and worse cause at times, they dont care because they have the "it aint mine" disease. I dont let my kids walk the street AT ALL!!!! Nor are they allowed to ride the bus. I would rather that if something happened, I was right there rather than hearing about it on the news.

 
Originally Posted by bejb1011 /img/forum/go_quote.gif that is SO Sad!
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People really need to pay attention when driving. I do 110 on the express way, but on side streets I DO THE SPEED LIMIT. people are not LIVING ON EXPRESS WAYS SIDESTREETS ARE NOT EXPRESSWAYS!
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+ when people are driving where there kids thay need to pay some more attention!!!

 
That is really sad, I agree with April on getting the police to moniter that area more. I also think parents need to drill it in their kids to NOT go out in the street and to not even play in the street. There are so many people that don't pay attention when they drive, speed, or are in such a rush in the mornings to get to work or school that they become careless.

Theres this family down the street from me and their kids are ALWAYS in the street, everyone who comes to my house always has a story about almost hitting their kids because the kids just run out in the street, or are outside playing and no adults are around. Most of us know to be especially careful around that house because of that.

I don't mean to put blame on parents, it's just some examples that I've seen lately that you know mroe can be done on the homefront. Honestly, I think a lot of kids weren't taught to pay attention. I had that stay-out of the street thing drilled into me, I was afraid to even ride my bike in the residential streets! Yesterday some highschooler on his bike ran into my sisters car! How do you not see a car stopped??

 
Every morning and afternoon we have 2 cops who stop traffic for about 10-15 minutes until ALL the kids, and the buses arrive @ school.

 
That is so sad! I live on a street that has many kids on it right in the village. But, our street has no stop signs so people FLY down it! One guy in a black pickup when we yelled at him to slow down he flipped us off!! We were so mad, we called the town police and swore out an affadavit of what he had done and how many times we had seen him speed by and they arrested him and gave him a ticket!!! He had to write a letter of apology to us and now the town occasionally puts one of those signs that say "YOUR SPEED IS...." to slow people down! I have a 2 yr. old so this is an issue I'm concerned with also.

 
that's terrible.. i cant believe the foolishness of some drivers, and of some parents. I went to school across the road from my house and my mum held my hand while I crossed the street up until I was 10 years old!

 
That is so sad. I see cars all of the time just fly by the stopped school buses. It pisses me off to no end.

 
Originally Posted by sweetnsexy6953 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Yea it just seems that people these days dont even care anymore. Which is really sad. I agree with that. It's amazing how impatient people can be

 
Something like this happened here in Newfoundland just a week or so ago. A 6 year old child was riding his bike home from a playground and was hit by a dumptruck. His parents are fighting for more signs to be put up around playgrounds, which I'm all for . . . but why was a 6 year old out riding his bike without supervision, especially in this case, where he had to cross the street to get home in an area where construction was being done on the road? When I was a kid I wasn't allowed out of our driveway on my bike by myself until I was about 10!

 
Originally Posted by kaville /img/forum/go_quote.gif That is so sad! I live on a street that has many kids on it right in the village. But, our street has no stop signs so people FLY down it! One guy in a black pickup when we yelled at him to slow down he flipped us off!! We were so mad, we called the town police and swore out an affadavit of what he had done and how many times we had seen him speed by and they arrested him and gave him a ticket!!! He had to write a letter of apology to us and now the town occasionally puts one of those signs that say "YOUR SPEED IS...." to slow people down! I have a 2 yr. old so this is an issue I'm concerned with also. you'd think they would do more than do that, what wait until someone gets hit.

Originally Posted by pinksugar /img/forum/go_quote.gif that's terrible.. i cant believe the foolishness of some drivers, and of some parents. I went to school across the road from my house and my mum held my hand while I crossed the street up until I was 10 years old! i know, we taught my son when he was younger not to go in the road and he holds my hand even in a parking lot. i also think that they're letting kids too young ride the bus and walk to school, yeah it may make it easier not having to take them, but i feel better taking him to school myself.

Originally Posted by Manda /img/forum/go_quote.gif That is really sad, I agree with April on getting the police to moniter that area more. I also think parents need to drill it in their kids to NOT go out in the street and to not even play in the street. There are so many people that don't pay attention when they drive, speed, or are in such a rush in the mornings to get to work or school that they become careless.
Theres this family down the street from me and their kids are ALWAYS in the street, everyone who comes to my house always has a story about almost hitting their kids because the kids just run out in the street, or are outside playing and no adults are around. Most of us know to be especially careful around that house because of that.

I don't mean to put blame on parents, it's just some examples that I've seen lately that you know mroe can be done on the homefront. Honestly, I think a lot of kids weren't taught to pay attention. I had that stay-out of the street thing drilled into me, I was afraid to even ride my bike in the residential streets! Yesterday some highschooler on his bike ran into my sisters car! How do you not see a car stopped??

yeah i know, my son's not even allowed in our yard w/o being supervised, i only let him play on our back porch(which is screened or our back yard. it might sound like i'm overprotective, but i've heard too many stories of people running off the road and hitting some kid in the yard, that and other stuff. too many parents don't watch there kids like they should. i worked at a daycare in the prodjects yrs. ago, and some of the parents would let there 4 and 6yr. olds run the streets at night and they got caught breaking in the daycare. but the town this keeps happening i'm not familiar with. i hardly ever go through there, but hopefully the police do something.
 
I feel for you. We live right across a school and a teenager was killed crossing the street about 6 months ago, it's just heartbreaking and maddening. People use the street to bypass the freeways when they're busy and they just don't pay attention to the speed limits and caution signs. I really wonder why they don't get special attention from police looking for speeders in that area, it's like how many fatalities is it going to take?
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I agree that you should call your local police and suggect the area be closley monitered. My son turns 6 mext week and I nearly cried reading your post. We walk to the corner for the school bus every morning. Thats my nightmare.

 
Originally Posted by charish /img/forum/go_quote.gif you'd think they would do more than do that, what wait until someone gets hit.
i know, we taught my son when he was younger not to go in the road and he holds my hand even in a parking lot. i also think that they're letting kids too young ride the bus and walk to school, yeah it may make it easier not having to take them, but i feel better taking him to school myself.

yeah i know, my son's not even allowed in our yard w/o being supervised, i only let him play on our back porch(which is screened or our back yard. it might sound like i'm overprotective, but i've heard too many stories of people running off the road and hitting some kid in the yard, that and other stuff. too many parents don't watch there kids like they should. i worked at a daycare in the prodjects yrs. ago, and some of the parents would let there 4 and 6yr. olds run the streets at night and they got caught breaking in the daycare. but the town this keeps happening i'm not familiar with. i hardly ever go through there, but hopefully the police do something.

I totally agree with you!!!! I am so tired of seeing kids that look to be as young as kindergarten age walking along, to and from school. IMO these parents are just too lazy to take them to school. I am sorry if that offends some people, but this is something I feel very strongly about. My son is EIGHT years old and I do not even allow him OUTSIDE by himself let alone walking to anywhere alone, NOR do I allow him to ride the bus. Not only is there danger of kids being hit, but what about all the kids that are KIDNAPPED each year!?!?!?! And yes, many ARE taken right from their yards, I have read about things like this numerous times!!! I am sick just thinking about all this...
 

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