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The grieving parents of a 7-year-old child who died hours after being hit by a car were charged with involuntary manslaughter after allowing him and his brother, 10, to walk home unaccompanied by an adult from a nearby grocery store.

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[–] fodor@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 days ago

Except not really. It's a small town and from the article it sounds like the driver is an old person who has lived there for many years. They know what time kids are around, they know where kids usually hang out, and if they have half a brain they'll drive 15 mph in those areas.

My regular commute takes me near an elementary school, and every morning when I see those kids I drop my speed very low because you never know what they're going to do. It's your basic moral responsibility to keep the speed down because you know that small children don't have the experience and common sense to keep themselves out of the street.