Young child caused accident on pavement

[Senso]

AIBU to think that young children should not be allowed to be in charge of a pushchair on the pavement?

I was witness to an incident that happened on a busy street where a young child, aged around 8 was pushing a pushchair - occupied by a toddler - too fast, and collided with another pedestrian.

the injured person had been walking at a normal pace in the opposite direction but the child just charged straight into her causing her to fall and sustain quite a nasty impact injury.

The parents didn’t seem to get that the child had caused the accident, instead repeating that it was “just an accident, no-one was to blame”

i think otherwise.

The pavement around me are about 3 person wide! Where do you suggest the other person goes? The road!
It may be an ‘accident’ but the parents should apologise and take better care.

So did anyone tell the parents they should have been supervising properly?

hopefully it was just bravado and when they got home they felt bad about it and will be more careful in future. Doubt it though!!

Unfortunately I’m not convinced it would teach them a lesson though. People with this type of mentality would likely just see this as them being victimised unfairly for an ‘accident’ that was totally ‘outside their control’. Yes they might be inconvenienced with their time in court and yes they might be annoyed at having to eventually pay you damages. But I highly doubt that they would actually learn any lesson from it. To do that, it would require a shift in either their understanding or their behaviour. I highly doubt they would be prepared to step back and examine their behaviour with a critical lens; that’s a level of self awareness such types never possess!

How can you be so ignorant ? Osteoporosis is very common, and you don;t even have to be that old, I got it in my early fifties. If I fall I break a bone, it's as simple as that, and it certainly isn't an everyday occurrence.

A child clearly not responsible enough to push a pushchair sensibly and have regard for other pedestrians, caused an incident. Not an accident because it was entirely avoidable. If your kid is too immature to push a stroller sensibly, don't let them push the stroller.

Where I live people ride scooters, bikes and even electric bikes on the pavement, it is a constant fear that I will be hit, I'm also visually impaired, should I have to stay in my house because people can't behave responsible and afford other a bit of consideration ?

Sorry, but that's a stupid response.

It will be a big deal to the pedestrian if, say, their injury affects their ability to do their job or even other things they may have planned.

You... replied to my point. Where I was referring to parents, of which I am one. It is very much what we're talking about. Parents can control their children's behaviour. It's a big part of the job description.

The thread is about a kid. Pushing another kid. Behaviour causing injury.

I'm oot.

Well that demonstrates the exact opposite of your earlier point. Something that's not a big deal wouldn't require calling an ambulance or a trip to A&E.

It was an accident waiting to happen. You do not let a young child push a pram near other people. Middle of the grass in a quiet park - ok. Busy pavement or a supermarket- no.

So death is no big deal?

Now you're just talking nonsense for the sake of it.

Elderly people needing hip replacements have a grim long term prognosis. They don't tend to last years after having one done.

It is a big deal when you are frail and elderly, and some parent thinks it fine to let their kid have "control" of a pushchair and hit someone over.... and causing them life shortening injuries in the process.

Agreed. But not just for elderly women. We lost DFIL this year following a fall which caused a broken hip. No it wasn't caused by a young child and a pram! But elderly people can so easily be knocked over. A fall for an elderly person is very much a big deal and, in many cases, can lead to death.

I am guessing from your response that you do not yet have elderly parents or PILs. If you did you might be aware that falls like this can be very much a big deal.

Sadly I think you are right! I would still enjoy annoying them though 😂

was the person walking towards the pushchair at the time of the accident ?

They were not walking towards the pushchair. The kid pushing the pushchair swerved and ran into them.

How can anyone say that the child causing an injury is OK?

I agree with you @Senso the adult supervisors are idiots, they should be held responsible.

I do hope the injured adult fully recovers.

thank you, at least that adds context to how it happened

Can you imagine a world….. thankfully we don’t live in a country that charges people for such things hey!

Eh? you’ve just totally made this up 😂

No one said anything about “swerving and hitting” anyone. OP said originally the child “charged into” pedestrian. Nothing noted about who was/should have been anywhere.

However this then was much less dramatic in the next post where the OP said the child “clipped” the pedestrian. Very different story inciting a very different reaction of course.

Nonetheless, no one “swerved and ran” into anyone. For all we know (and I suspect this given the inflamed language which was de-escalated in the subsequent tellings) the child was walking with purpose and not completely bolting down a busy street.

To summarise:

• What happened was really shit. No one should be charged.
• Of course apologies should be made, as when anyone is injured.
• Hopefully the parents learnt going forward.
• I imagine the parents were trying to not traumatise the child when reassuring them it was an accident, which is obviously more acceptable than berating them in that moment.

Yes the parents are to blame for not keeping a closer eye on the 8-year-old
They are the ones responsible

I have been hurt by children - one threw their shoe at me and the other ran straight into me from behind when I had a cracked coccyx. The second time the father just smiled and gave a half hearted apology. I was in so much pain that I just ignored him and hobbled away.

He then decided to follow after me, raising his voice at me because it was apparently no biggie and the child was just messing about.

I may have told him to fuck off 1 not my finest hour but I don’t regret it.

‘Traumatise’? 🙄

Why assume the child was walking ‘with purpose’? Children shouldn’t be pushing a buggy out of reach of the parents until they are sensible enough to not collide with people

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This is such a strange view. Do you apply it to everything? Abuse is common. Rape is common. Does that mean there's no point trying to prevent either of those things since they're common and so "not a big deal"?