>I lived ON a four lane 55mph road that was a heavily trafficked arterial road and crossed it all the time at 7. And you just waltzed across it when it looked

>I lived ON a four lane 55mph road that was a heavily trafficked arterial road and crossed it all the time at 7. And you just waltzed across it when it looked clear or you used marked crossings, timed it with the lights after practice with your parents, etc.? I'm not saying there aren't ways to cross this road and that a 7yo can't be taught a couple of them, but to just turn a 7-10yo pair loose-ish on it seems foolish. >Roads 100% are community killers, There were a bunch of contributory factors leading to this kid's death. You're just as ignorant and wrong as the prosecutor who thinks this is all the parents fault. >It's insane that people put up with such extreme infantilization and isolation, Surely you see the irony here (by which I mean you are unwise for having a self-contradictory opinion)? You're basically saying that "people can't handle these roads". They clearly can. 4-lane boulevards with medians are all over even the most walkable cities in Europe. And some of America's worst cities for walking are grids that lack bigger roads (i.e tons of 2-lane grid). The devil is in the details.