The gated communities I’ve seen have sidewalks. Why didn’t the parents get their child off the street until the vehicle passed?k I don’t understand why pedestrians think their right-of-way doesn’t include taking responsible action when necessary. If your toddler is in the street, you should be in the street with them.
I live in a gated community in Florida, that also has patrols.
1. If you live in the community you have a transponder on your car and do NOT have to stop at the gate.
2. Most of the community has sidewalks, but certain streets with higher value houses do NOT have sidewalks ... such as the street that I live on. This makes walking the dogs interesting at times. Last year a car of lookie loos was driving my street to look at Christmas lights as I was walking my dog. They were not paying attention to the road and though I was waving my hands furiously they were headed right at me. I literally had to jump into a yard and yank the dogs in after me. They finally realized how close they were to hitting me and were able to stop where I had just been standing.
Cul-du-sac in a gated community. Not a big open street to be speeding through.