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Old 06-12-2007, 06:34 AM   #1
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9 y/o killed on Highway

I drove past this accident yesterday within minutes of this child getting hit by a car. I found out when I got home that the boy had died which is very sad to me as a parent. My heart goes out to this family.

The accident happened on North Market just north of the split with Hwy 71. There are two low income apartment complexes there and a neighborhood with lower income people in it as well I assume. My problem is this...I get up this morning, read the newspaper, and find that because this child and another in September were killed trying to cross A FIVE LANE HIGHWAY that Calvin Lester and the black community are in outrage that the speed limit of 50 on the highway hasn't been changed, nothing is being done for these people, etc. My thoughts go more like this.. Why haven't you people stopped crossing a five lane highway? Where are the parents of these children? Why is everything that happens to these people somebody else's fault? When do they begin to take responsibility for their lives and actions? The poor man that hit the child and could not avoid the accident will probably have Morris Bart calling any day now. Uggghhh these people irritate the snot out of me when they act like this.
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Old 06-12-2007, 08:51 AM   #2
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Old 06-12-2007, 09:20 AM   #3
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I agree with TBelle. Parents need to watch their kids and adults need to remember how to cross the street properly. If they reduce the speed limit on that highway, guess what will happen....TRAFFIC JAMS!!! Try getting across the street then.
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This is a HIGHWAY where this incident happened. It's not just a road, it is a major highway (Hwy 1). Nobody should really be trying to cross the road here. It's just asking for an accident like this to happen. I travel this road about 3 times a week going to my trainer and also happened to live about an 1/8 mile from where this accident happened when I was in High School. These kids and people are trying to get to a convenience store located across the highway from the neighborhood and one of the apartment complexes. To me, they are all playing Russian roulette if they try to cross it. The only solution would be one of those over the highway crossings but why should this have to be done because people can't use common sense?
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I've seen such overpasses for on-foot traffic. They actually aren't a bad idea. However, I can't imagine the city government placing one for merely convenience store traffic. If there were a large shopping center across the street from a major housing area, then maybe, but not for a mere convenience store. It's a question of how much traffic crosses that road.
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I wasn't even allowed to cross Line Ave. when I was 9 years old, and I lived on a cross street that had a traffic light and sidewalks!
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I drove past this accident yesterday within minutes of this child getting hit by a car. I found out when I got home that the boy had died which is very sad to me as a parent. My heart goes out to this family.

The accident happened on North Market just north of the split with Hwy 71. There are two low income apartment complexes there and a neighborhood with lower income people in it as well I assume. My problem is this...I get up this morning, read the newspaper, and find that because this child and another in September were killed trying to cross A FIVE LANE HIGHWAY that Calvin Lester and the black community are in outrage that the speed limit of 50 on the highway hasn't been changed, nothing is being done for these people, etc. My thoughts go more like this.. Why haven't you people stopped crossing a five lane highway? Where are the parents of these children? Why is everything that happens to these people somebody else's fault? When do they begin to take responsibility for their lives and actions? The poor man that hit the child and could not avoid the accident will probably have Morris Bart calling any day now. Uggghhh these people irritate the snot out of me when they act like this.

I do agree Belle, for some reason , people tend not to take responsiblity for their own actions. If you have to cross that 5 lane highway why is there not a cross walk there. What is on the other side of that road. Again why were the parents lettig these children play near this highway. The man that hit this child will have to live with this for a long time just as the boy's family will for losing him. I don't know who Calvin Lester is and he can be outraged all he wants, but the change needs to start with the parents keeping a closer eye on the children. If they need to cross the highway walk them over. But I'll tell you I have seen people crossing highways just step out into traffic, it's like stop or hit me. I have went down roads where kids would be playing in the street, and would not move to let the cars pass. This is taught to these children. Like I said the problem is the PARENTS, make the change.
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