2 children hit by vehicle in front of elementary school

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1. By gmag39

   Oct. 21, 2011

   11:29 a.m.

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   3 things...

   #1) Kids need to be re-trained. Adults have gotten the misguided notion that wherever it is legal to cross a roadway on foot, just barrel on out there! Don't bother to look, and if you do, and a vehicle is coming...CHALLENGE THE DRIVER! They're supposed to STOP, and by God they will! If not, well, we'll sue the crap out of em'! (assuming survival). Adults pass this foolish nonsense on to their children, and kids act accordingly.

   #2) Las Vegas Valley drivers, you are NOT 'the most important person on the planet', and your hurry does not take precedence over everyone else's hurry... the traffic laws are applicable to us ALL. EVEN YOU! Quit driving like fools.

   3) No matter how fast you drive, I will get there just as fast as you will by DRIVING THE SPEED LIMIT. On city streets, there is NO TIME SAVINGS gained by racing from stoplight to stoplight. It is ABSOLUTE FOLLY, and puts lives in danger unnecessarily.

2. By NewBee

   Oct. 21, 2011

   8:31 p.m.

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   gmag39....All true! You left out that they were being dropped off at school..15MPH...in an area probably crowded with other parents and school buses. Some parent in a hurry to do just that and get to work well probably be out of work now..
   My God...what part of "SCHOOL ZONE" don't people understand?
   (but then again, we can't afford crossing guards anymore....)

3. By Det__Munch

   Oct. 22, 2011

   7:39 a.m.

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   There is a reason why there are "School Zones", but you can't always blame teh driver. Like gmag said, some parents are too in a hurry (I see it everyday) but also, I hate to say this, but kids are stupid - they are in "the moment" and not intelligent enough to realize crossing a street is dangerous. They'll just bolt, whether in a school zone or in the middle of the block when playing with their friends. Most likely - it is probably from their parents not explaining things to them and more importantly - parents who teach by example, ie Mom and Dad crossing in the middle of the block, not looking, etc. How many of you have seen a parent with kids in tow crossing in the middle of the block, or at the intersection but against the light?

   When I lived in NLV, there was a school zone that for the life of me I can't remember where it was, but I HATED this area!! FIrst, the crossing guards were about 90 years old; second, the parents dropping off their kids were dangerous!!! It was like everyone was in a hurry for whatever reason and courtesy went out the window, not to mention pedestrian right of way. I got stuck having to go thru this area twice and it was awful! But what I witnessed was that the parents were the culprits - not the unsuspecting drivers going thru the area. Or the kids.