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Sat in my lounge today, windows closed but aware of loud voices in the street; oh, it's a bunch of one gender with a few toddlers splitting up after a family gathering. The taller types are enjoying their goodbyes and busy with, well, lighting cigarettes.

The smaller types, now wandering aimlessly, and one, about two years old, then moves into the road, on the blind side of the vehicle from the taller ones. Luckily, another smaller type raises the awareness and the approaching vehicle's driver stopped before a disaster. Then another taller type, grasps the wrist of another smaller type and literally drags it round the rear of the vehicle to load it into a roadside door, whilst another vehicle approached but stops also before the law suits arrive.

It only takes a second for a disaster to happen........
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-...-conveyor-belt

yesterday I watched a woman park her car on the wrong side of the road in a busy high street. she got out and so did 3 girls I guess under 10 years old.

The woman went to cross the road with the girls, without speaking to them she crossed and the girls followed without looking. 50 yards away were pedestrian traffic lights. I was shocked at her disregard for the children.

1 minute later two parents with 2 even young children at the same spot went to cross but this was too much for me and I asked why they did not cross at the crossing. Bloke muttered crazy and across they went.


staggering that parents are so lazy they cannot be bothered to teach children to cross the road safely.

macafee2

watch this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82OMjVI2_PE

macafee2

If I'd hazard a guess the chap probably thought that the child was fine, he got out spoke to him. No injuries, he looked ok therefore no need to hang about.

That's be my guess.

Smaller types and taller types?

What we need is tufty and Dave Prowse.

It's just me!

I guess the child was shunted about 15M into the air (and with the help of gravity, back down onto a kerb...!). Fortunately he was automatically trying to avoid the vehicle i.e. moving in a similar direction on impact with the N/S front wing, quite likely jumping to mount the footpath - had it occured just a fraction of time earlier he would have been moving perpendicular to the car front and under the vehicle, probably mort.
Just to make 'a sort of comparision', if that had been a professional rugby tackle incident (so an adult) the player would be immediately removed from further play, undergone an immediate head injury assessment by a doctor and then been unable to play again for at least 4 weeks before undergoing a return to play (medically supervised) protocol.
Agreed it wasn't the drivers' fault and he seemed to be drivng at a reasonal speed but leaving the scene was very bad judgement as far as the child was concerned.