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From reading the decision and looking at Google Maps: the street is a short, narrow dead-end street in the suburbs. Most of the people who live there have young

From reading the decision and looking at Google Maps: the street is a short, narrow dead-end street in the suburbs. Most of the people who live there have young children who play together. It would be very difficult to accidentally find yourself on this street, driving quickly. Of course, it's dangerous in the sense that anything to do with cars is dangerous. But it seems pretty safe as far as these things go.

ElfinTrousers 4y ago
I live in a much more built up area than this. Mostly small apartment buildings, duplexes and three-deckers. The odd single-family home, usually on the small side. People here still let their kids play in the streets. Not the youngest kids or the busiest streets, but it's not at all unusual to see some kids kicking a ball or playing hockey in the street, or just tooling around on bikes going nowhere.
m_0x 4y ago
> It would be very difficult to accidentally find yourself on this street, driving quickly. As a parent of a 6 years old, I always assume all drivers are not paying attention to the road but rather to their phones when my kid is playing in the street (with supervision because I don't know if he will react quickly to a car coming his way) It sucks, because I used to play in the street without supervision (to my best knowledge). But today, cars are faster and drivers are more distracted.
- codetrotter 4y ago
  > I used to play in the street without supervision (to my best knowledge) Bro, when I was a kid we went as far as to me intentionally walking into the street to slow cars down just to see what would happen ‘:) Kids are crazy. Myself in the past included.
  - m_0x 4y ago
    That's exactly why I'm sad of the precautions I take. Back then drivers had less distractions while driving. Of course there was the occasionally distracted driver but nowadays is more common than what it used to be thanks to the smartphone.
- wil421 4y ago
  Teach your kids to move out of the street and stand in the sidewalk or yard. My 3 year old is trained to do this and will do it on her own, still working on doing it 100% of the time. Neighborhoods have not gone up in speed limits it’s 25 in residential streets unless you live directly off a main road.

ElfinTrousers 4y ago

I live in a much more built up area than this. Mostly small apartment buildings, duplexes and three-deckers. The odd single-family home, usually on the small side. People here still let their kids play in the streets. Not the youngest kids or the busiest streets, but it's not at all unusual to see some kids kicking a ball or playing hockey in the street, or just tooling around on bikes going nowhere.

m_0x 4y ago

> It would be very difficult to accidentally find yourself on this street, driving quickly. As a parent of a 6 years old, I always assume all drivers are not paying attention to the road but rather to their phones when my kid is playing in the street (with supervision because I don't know if he will react quickly to a car coming his way) It sucks, because I used to play in the street without supervision (to my best knowledge). But today, cars are faster and drivers are more distracted.

codetrotter 4y ago
> I used to play in the street without supervision (to my best knowledge) Bro, when I was a kid we went as far as to me intentionally walking into the street to slow cars down just to see what would happen ‘:) Kids are crazy. Myself in the past included.
- m_0x 4y ago
  That's exactly why I'm sad of the precautions I take. Back then drivers had less distractions while driving. Of course there was the occasionally distracted driver but nowadays is more common than what it used to be thanks to the smartphone.
wil421 4y ago
Teach your kids to move out of the street and stand in the sidewalk or yard. My 3 year old is trained to do this and will do it on her own, still working on doing it 100% of the time. Neighborhoods have not gone up in speed limits it’s 25 in residential streets unless you live directly off a main road.