There you go!
Otherwise risky activities can be rendered much LESS risky. Wear a seatbelt and drive your car safely. Wear a helmet and ride your bike safely. Use a safety rope and go mountain climbing safely.
Proper education of your child (walk directly to/from school, choose a public and visible route, no sight-seeing, no alternate routes, walk with at least one other friend, etc..)
It's a bigger disservice to your child to teach her to live in fear rather than to reduce the risks and live her life.
You let your kids take the chances, I opted not to.
Drive your kids to school, and the risk of harm, from walking to school, is not lessened, but eliminated.
if you could do something that not just mitigates risk, but eliminates it altogether, wouldn't you do that, especially where your children are concerned?
Do you REALLY think that's what I'm doing?