I remember as a kid in 1st grade (California 1991) I would walk to school from my Grandma's house. There would be streams of kids coming from the surrounding ne

I remember as a kid in 1st grade (California 1991) I would walk to school from my Grandma's house. There would be streams of kids coming from the surrounding neighborhoods. Now, when I ride by elementary schools, I see lines of cars a mile long waiting to drop off their kids in huge noisy modified cars and trucks. Even the one I used to go to. Now they are tearing out playgrounds to add parking and places to queue up to drop off kids... Ironically the area is no longer safe for kids because of these cars. Occasionally I see lifted trucks hopping curbs and minivans blowing through occupied crosswalks at 10 over the speed limit. Crosswalks are a deathtrap because of right on red. Lights are timed with zero consideration to pedestrian traffic. Residential streets are wide and used as short cuts. Cars have become a plague in America.