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I never thought I'd have a "school parent" roadkill story, but, here I am. I had a meeting this morning, and ended up driving through town right as beginning of school traffic was going on. In front of the elementary school, I ended up stopped at an intersection, behind another car. I noticed said car was sitting at the intersection longer than normal, then saw the back passenger door swing open, and a little girl jump out and shut the door. Little girl ran around behind her parents car (so between it and mine) and started to cross the street. It was at that point that I noticed a white SUV coming toward us from the other side of the intersection. The SUV stopped just in time to avoid hitting the poor little girl, who also stopped. Me? I was screaming/gasping and clutching my chest. That was the closest I ever want to come to seeing a child killed, thankyouverymuch!
The reason I lay blame on the parents? The elementary school has a drive in front of it, off of the very same damn road we were on, that is meant for pulling in, dropping kids off, and driving away. Instead, the little girl's parents decided to A) hold up traffic behind them, and B) Put their daughter in grave danger by letting her out where they did. Amazing. I know the parent(s) saw it happen--they were still sitting there, watching to be sure she got across the road. I just hope they learned a lesson, and that the girl wasn't too shaken up by it.
The reason I lay blame on the parents? The elementary school has a drive in front of it, off of the very same damn road we were on, that is meant for pulling in, dropping kids off, and driving away. Instead, the little girl's parents decided to A) hold up traffic behind them, and B) Put their daughter in grave danger by letting her out where they did. Amazing. I know the parent(s) saw it happen--they were still sitting there, watching to be sure she got across the road. I just hope they learned a lesson, and that the girl wasn't too shaken up by it.
Thank goodness the SUV driver was on the ball and could stop in time! I bet they were shaken up by that, I know I would have been - and yes it would be nice to think that the parents would learn a lesson from that....
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