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Schools were closed and the child was 12. At 12 one would expect some common sense to not sled down a driveway into the street. Being attended to is not the issue. Attention to where the child was is the issue. If the schools are closed and it's 27 outside, the child should not have been outside.
Did you take out your sled and slide down hills/driveways into the street?
Yes, but we were taught that there are things called cars (and in our case semis) there and it was our responsibility to pay attention. I remember being told this since I was very young.
On the other hand being told that doesn't mean it works. I've been hit twice in my life. Once by a semi and once by a car.
What gets overlooked is that a 9 or 12 year old having fun sledding down the drive can easily forget the danger of the street. At our last house we had neighbors that put up that plastic fencing used for stopping snow at the end of the drive when the kids wanted to sled. Smart people.
Schools were closed and the child was 12. At 12 one would expect some common sense to not sled down a driveway into the street. Being attended to is not the issue. Attention to where the child was is the issue. If the schools are closed and it's 27 outside, the child should not have been outside.
27 degrees F is a mild May morning where I am. Hell, we've even had June mornings that cold in some years. 27 is not cold at all. -27 on the other hand is.
Accidents are meant to happen, otherwise there would be no "accidents!" Very sadly, and unfortunately, many accidents are severe. I feel for this family...
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Also the school's fault..If they had been in session, the kid wouldn't have been sledding
A lot of people complain about school closings and blame it on lawsuits, but we had snow days even in the late 60's when I was in elementary school which was way before lawsuits became the defacto knee-jerk response to an accident. I remember clear as day sitting at the breakfast table listening to the radio praying to hear "551" or whatever our number was. If you turned the radio on when they were on 114, you had a long wait, lol.
I don't think even businesses that aren't essential should make employees come in when it's heavy snow. I saw a man interviewed trying in vain to get to his job at a verizon wireless store. Are people really going phone shopping in a blizzard with zero visibility?
A lot of people complain about school closings and blame it on lawsuits, but we had snow days even in the late 60's when I was in elementary school which was way before lawsuits became the defacto knee-jerk response to an accident. I remember clear as day sitting at the breakfast table listening to the radio praying to hear "551" or whatever our number was. If you turned the radio on when they were on 114, you had a long wait, lol.
I don't think even businesses that aren't essential should make employees come in when it's heavy snow. I saw a man interviewed trying in vain to get to his job at a verizon wireless store. Are people really going phone shopping in a blizzard with zero visibility?
I don't think even businesses that aren't essential should make employees come in when it's heavy snow. I saw a man interviewed trying in vain to get to his job at a verizon wireless store. Are people really going phone shopping in a blizzard with zero visibility?
I wonder that too--is it worth it to make employees risk their necks in at best inconvenient and at worst dangerous conditions (especially if they're relying on public transportation that might not be running) to open the store, which costs money for utilities and payroll, when most people aren't going to be shopping for shoes or whatever, anyway?
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Hell, we've even had June mornings that cold in some years. 27 is not cold at all. -27 on the other hand is.
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