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To: monday

>> Driving 32 mph is seen as dangerous only by wussy little mamma's boys.<<

Boy do I agree with that one, with one caveot: Kids can dart out from behind parked cars.

I watched a dog do that once. As soon as I saw him move towards the street from the sidewalk in front of a parked car, I saw the car coming and knew he was as good as dead. He was, and the twenty or so kids who were playing with him and got him wound up in the first place got to witness it.

Grade school kids can also be wound up after school. I am no safety first advocate, to say the least, but when it comes to young children, there have to be some sort of safeguards in place. I think it is why most of the elementary schools I have seen have been on very low traffic or cul-de-sac type streets.


255 posted on 05/10/2005 11:57:49 AM PDT by RobRoy (Child support and maintenence (alimony) are what we used to call indentured slavery)
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To: RobRoy
"Boy do I agree with that one, with one caveot: Kids can dart out from behind parked cars."

This is true and 20 is not slow enough to miss them in those instances, however parking on the street is not allowed in school zones where I live. In fact the roads are totally free of any obstructions what so ever. You can see 300 yards in both directions.
262 posted on 05/10/2005 12:04:13 PM PDT by monday
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