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to be disappointed with Mumsnet's victim road safety victim blaming

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GoldenGoat · 17/11/2014 12:48

The main killer of children in traffic accidents is cars/other motor vehicles. In fact, the people driving those motor vehicles.
The road safety article on the MN homepage at the moment focuses entirely on teaching children road safety, and I am in no way arguing that this is not important. We do need to teach children to stop, look, listen. To not just step in to the road. To try looking up from their phones occasionally.

However nowhere in that article does it ask adult drivers to consider their speed, to drive and park considerately near schools in particular, to not just whizz around corners when they can see pedestrians approaching a corner.

AIBU to think that MN should be representing both sides of this and calling for safer streets as well teaching children road safety? As the article currently stands, it is essentially victim blaming.

The article if you haven't seen it. www.mumsnet.com/pre-teens/road-safety-for-children

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WooWooOwl · 17/11/2014 17:50

You are being ridiculous.

itsaknockout · 17/11/2014 17:51

Apart from pedestrian crossings, footpaths and one or 2 other situations , vehicles have right of way over pedestrians.
We all know this.Unless there is a crossing, a pedestrian has to wait until tehre is no traffic to cross.

formerbabe · 17/11/2014 17:51

I have seen teenagers near me run across the dual carriageway!! They seem to think it is hilarious! Yabu!

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