The media has been pushing for years that playing outside is dangerous and to be punished.
It's not just laws that need to change, it's public opinion.
It's not just laws that need to change, it's public opinion.
Everyone is on their phones, not paying attention. I dont know who to blame, but collectively we are kinda F'd.
Just the other day someone almost hit, while i was walking in a desiginated walking area and they just said "sorry, didnt see you." I replied in kind "duck you get off your phone"
it sucks kids cant run around and play, i did, but also we've gotten ourselves in a bad spot with screens and phone.
im not advocating anything, just saying, it sucks everwhere
It has nothing to do with reality, it's simply that helicopter parenting and neuroticism has been trending up for ages.
[1]https://seriousaccidents.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/chil...
I dont think its the scary boogy man of people snaching kids, but really drivers just on their phones, but hard to tell.
> crash deaths occur among children traveling as passenger vehicle occupants
just like most/all auto safty crash reports are about the occupants, not the meat popsicle they might hit
Seventy-eight percent of child motor vehicle crash deaths in 2021 were passenger vehicle occupants, 15 percent were pedestrians, and 2 percent were bicyclists. Child pedestrian and bicyclist deaths declined by 91 and 95 percent, respectively, since 1975. Passenger vehicle child occupant deaths in 2021 were 48 percent lower than in 1975.
So true.
Cars are the only reason I cannot let me just pay unattended until they are quite a bit older.