[rogerdraig]

my kids if they do as they have been taught they wouldnt cross a road with a car coming unless they were sure that it was not going to come any where near them before they completed crossing the road

only today i saw three very lucky girls crossing a road all looking at one of the girls mobile phones right in front of a driver who lucky for them happened to be looking at them

they could have been killed or seriously injured if he had been distracted by any of the many other things he needed to be paying attention to along that bit of road

but that car could have been a joyrider speeding an ambulance rushing ( they don't always have thier sirens going in built up areas ) or a police car trying to do his job

and although quite rightly if it had been a joy rider you could say he shouldnt have been there they would still only be dead or injured because they were not looking at the road !

roads should all be considered as dangerous as a motorway to cross and parents should be instilling that in thier kids and never letting them think that any road is in anyway safe to walk across with out thoroughly checking its safe to do so !