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It is trivially avoided once the kids are old enough, but there's a long period during which kids would be safe enough to roam around in the absence of cars, bu
by jefftk 6y ago
It is trivially avoided once the kids are old enough, but there's a long period during which kids would be safe enough to roam around in the absence of cars, but aren't in the current environment.
We live a block from the playground, close enough that I can almost see it from our window, but you can't get there without crossing the street. So our kids (7y, 5y) can only go there with a grown up. I've worked on teaching them how to cross the street safely, but they're just not good enough at checking for cars yet.
- fastball 6y agoI'm still not buying it. I lived in Switzerland for a while where kids walk themselves to school starting at like 5 years old, and there are loads of cars.
- catmanjan 6y agoWhats the speed limit? In Australia there are a lot of 60kmh roads near parks
- rapind 6y agohttps://www.psychologicalscience.org/news/full-frontal-psychology/why-kids-get-hit-by-cars.html https://www.psychologicalscience.org/news/full-frontal-psych... https://www.kidsandcars.org/how-kids-get-hurt/frontovers/ https://www.kidsandcars.org/how-kids-get-hurt/frontovers/ https://www.kidsandcars.org/how-kids-get-hurt/backovers/ https://www.kidsandcars.org/how-kids-get-hurt/backovers/