What's mildly irritating you today?

SteveDallas · 09-21-2009, 11:19 AM

WON'T SOMEBODY THINK OF THE CHILDREN??

In this case, children walking to our local elementary school with their parents. I have rarely seen a lone kid jaywalk. But I regularly see parents take their kids across in the middle of the street... when, by going a half block out of their way, they could cross with the crosswalk and crossing guard.

Furthermore the people who do this seem to do it stupidly. They're not crossing when there's little or no traffic coming. On the contrary--in front of an elementary school, 5 minutes before the bell? It's a zoo. But they just head on across and assume people are going to stop for them.

In addition to hosing up traffic worse than it already is, it's teaching the kids bad (possibly life-threatening) habits.

09-21-2009, 11:19 AM	#11
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	WON'T SOMEBODY THINK OF THE CHILDREN?? In this case, children walking to our local elementary school with their parents. I have rarely seen a lone kid jaywalk. But I regularly see parents take their kids across in the middle of the street... when, by going a half block out of their way, they could cross with the crosswalk and crossing guard. Furthermore the people who do this seem to do it stupidly. They're not crossing when there's little or no traffic coming. On the contrary--in front of an elementary school, 5 minutes before the bell? It's a zoo. But they just head on across and assume people are going to stop for them. In addition to hosing up traffic worse than it already is, it's teaching the kids bad (possibly life-threatening) habits.

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