Children say drivers 'too fast', according to Brake
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I see no mention in the article below of teaching children how to cross the road. Is there any such scheme running currently?
BBC News said:
Children are campaigning for drivers to slow down, as a survey suggests almost one in eight of Welsh nine to 13-year-olds have been hit by vehicles.
Road safety charity Brake's survey found the vast majority of children were concerned about fast driving near their homes and schools.
A Cardiff primary school, where pupils have been knocked down, is campaigning for slower speeds.
Full StoryRoad safety charity Brake's survey found the vast majority of children were concerned about fast driving near their homes and schools.
A Cardiff primary school, where pupils have been knocked down, is campaigning for slower speeds.
So in your average school of 1200 pupils, 200 of them have been run over?
Do they have to cross the M4 to get to school!?
I've never hit anyone in my car, and I very much hope I never do. Only come close to hitting a child once, when he did the classic 'run out from between parked cars without looking' manouvre. Scared the crap out of both of us, I can tell you. Wouldn't have been my fault though.
Do they have to cross the M4 to get to school!?
I've never hit anyone in my car, and I very much hope I never do. Only come close to hitting a child once, when he did the classic 'run out from between parked cars without looking' manouvre. Scared the crap out of both of us, I can tell you. Wouldn't have been my fault though.
Edited by mnkiboy on Tuesday 23 November 14:24
BBC News said:
Children are campaigning for drivers to slow down, as a survey suggests almost one in eight of Welsh nine to 13-year-olds have been hit by vehicles.
Road safety charity Brake's survey found the vast majority of children were concerned about fast driving near their homes and schools.
A Cardiff primary school, where pupils have been knocked down, is campaigning for slower speeds.
Full Story
Not another one Road safety charity Brake's survey found the vast majority of children were concerned about fast driving near their homes and schools.
A Cardiff primary school, where pupils have been knocked down, is campaigning for slower speeds.
Full Story
Have Brake just hired new PR consultants
Any idea how much more likely children are to play in the road if theyre told its safe to do so when traffic's going slower
Guess which way more will be injured or worse
Also guess whether Brake or the school have told them before carrying out the survey
mnkiboy said:
So in your average school of 1200 pupils, 200 of them have been run over?
No, that would be 1 in 6. 1 in 8 is only 150.
When I went to school I knew of two kids who got hit by a car. One died, one had both legs broken. Terrible shame, but they were crossing a dual carriageway rather than using the footbridge. Those stats make it 1 in 1,000 at my school, anyway.
Either modern kids are stupid, or drivers are more careless. Or both.
The Wookie said:
Drivers say children 'too stupid', according to Pistonheads
Indeed we do. I had to "dodge" one yesterday after his "friends" though it'd be funny to shove him off the pavement in front of my car.It's no wonder 1 in 8 has been hit by a car if it's seen as fun to try and push your mates into the path of passing cars.
MacW said:
So now they're polling those too young to be considered responsible for their own actions about their opinions of other peoples actions?
Wibble?
More to the point, they're going into schools where the poor kids have been traumatised by recent accidents just to get hold of some emotive-sounding statistics.Wibble?
I bet if, say, Lamborghini went into the same school, parked a Gallardo in the playground and asked the kids which car they thought was the coolest, the same kids would go gaga for the Lambo.
For all their emotional pleading and wailing, they're surprisingly heartless and utterly manipulative.
Think of the children? Hey, Brake, leave those kids alone!
mnkiboy said:
So in your average school of 1200 pupils, 200 of them have been run over?
Do they have to cross the M4 to get to school!?
I've never hit anyone in my car, and I very much hope I never do. Only come close to hitting a child once, when he did the classic 'run out from between parked cars without looking' manuouvre. Scared the crap out of both of us, I can tell you. Wouldn't have been my fault though.
Trust me. If the child lived near by, and the parents and neighbours saw what happened, it wouldn't matter if it was your fault or not.Do they have to cross the M4 to get to school!?
I've never hit anyone in my car, and I very much hope I never do. Only come close to hitting a child once, when he did the classic 'run out from between parked cars without looking' manuouvre. Scared the crap out of both of us, I can tell you. Wouldn't have been my fault though.
To them, little Tyson or Tomeka can do no wrong and YOU would be fair game.
Happened to an old mate of mine, and he actually feared for his own safety.
mnkiboy said:
I've never hit anyone in my car, and I very much hope I never do. Only come close to hitting a child once, when he did the classic 'run out from between parked cars without looking' manuouvre. Scared the crap out of both of us, I can tell you. Wouldn't have been my fault though.
According to Brake it would, they seem to be using a rationale along the lines of blaming the presence of cliffs for the demise of lemmings (and yes I know it's a myth)V88Dicky said:
mnkiboy said:
So in your average school of 1200 pupils, 200 of them have been run over?
Do they have to cross the M4 to get to school!?
I've never hit anyone in my car, and I very much hope I never do. Only come close to hitting a child once, when he did the classic 'run out from between parked cars without looking' manuouvre. Scared the crap out of both of us, I can tell you. Wouldn't have been my fault though.
Trust me. If the child lived near by, and the parents and neighbours saw what happened, it wouldn't matter if it was your fault or not.Do they have to cross the M4 to get to school!?
I've never hit anyone in my car, and I very much hope I never do. Only come close to hitting a child once, when he did the classic 'run out from between parked cars without looking' manuouvre. Scared the crap out of both of us, I can tell you. Wouldn't have been my fault though.
To them, little Tyson or Tomeka can do no wrong and YOU would be fair game.
Happened to an old mate of mine, and he actually feared for his own safety.
t follow me and threaten me once, because '...if my kids ran out in the road they'd be fkING KILLED!''What are your kids doing running out in the road without looking then?'
Didn't go down well, but he did p
s off and leave me alone.It's everybody elses fault, naturally.
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