INURFCE wrote on September 08, 2008 05:44 PM: Nevada (and all states) should treat major moving violations like CA. treats road racers. Get caught and you get to watch your beloved car get crushed. Get some of that.

INURFCE wrote on September 08, 2008 05:41 PM: Do cars hurt? wrote on September 07, 2008 09:32 AM:
So the police, who are funded by taxpayers, are going to spend a few hundred thousand of those tax dollars to tell people to look both ways before crossing the street. Because there might be a car coming. Because it's a street, and streets have cars on them. Moving cars. That move.
Sure, that sounds like a judicious way to spend money.


Well somebody has to do it. It sure seems like mommy and daddy arent doing it these days. Oh scratch daddy, since there are so many fatherless kiddys today. Oh what a great world all these kids have in store for them.

I'd like to see wrote on September 07, 2008 08:30 PM: I can think of two children, a little girl on her way to school and a young boy on his way from school, that were killed in crosswalks, by motorists, last year.

The woman who killed the young boy saw another vehicle stopped at the crosswalk, but was too busy with her phone to pay attention, blew through, and hit the boy. She may think people in this community have forgotten what she did, we haven't.

The man who killed the little girl, did it in front of many people. We haven't forgotten,

They both got off too lightly. These people should be required to do court ordered 40-80 hours of community service, every year for ten years, in addition to the fines and minimal jail or probation, they received

I don't think it's too much to ask, for the lives of those two children, who were in crosswalks, and at the mercy of inattentive drivers.

Jeff wrote on September 07, 2008 06:39 PM: I don't know why the city hasn't removed all crosswalks not located at traffic lights. Its not like we don't have enough signal lights already. Las Vegas has way too much traffic for a pedestrian to cross safely. I don't have enough faith in someone else's brakes to step off that curb if there is no indication that they have to stop.

tom ronson wrote on September 07, 2008 03:54 PM: "how can the cops stop jay walking when kids are taught by parents that it is perfectly fine."

easy --- when Law Enforcement is asked why a kid ended up under a car be honest. Like "well apparently the parent didn't know better and the child paid the price."

Pretty simple really.

Marc D wrote on September 07, 2008 12:20 PM: its ever worse that what has been stated here.

I see parents take thier own kids by the hand and teach them to cross the street where ever they are and not even bother using cross walks,how can the cops stop jay walking when kids are taught by parents that it is perfectly fine.

TimeRanger wrote on September 07, 2008 11:10 AM: "Redfairn said motorists need to be mindful of pedestrians,..."

Huh? What Fantasyland is Redfairn living in? He obviously hasn't seen the traffic on our roads, otherwise he would know that motorists aren't even mindful of other motorists, let alone Pedestrians. The proof of this is the sheer numbers of wrecks that occur every single day in the Valley.

Do cars hurt? wrote on September 07, 2008 09:32 AM: So the police, who are funded by taxpayers, are going to spend a few hundred thousand of those tax dollars to tell people to look both ways before crossing the street. Because there might be a car coming. Because it's a street, and streets have cars on them. Moving cars. That move.
Sure, that sounds like a judicious way to spend money.

Tim wrote on September 07, 2008 09:18 AM: i feel for that father,but i see kids walkig in the street,see you coming and instead of moving out of the way, they just walk slower and look at you,like they own the street.i've witnessed this on numerous occasions.it's the culture nowadays,no respect or manners are taught anymore.it's very disturbing watching them,i'm sure others have witnessed this behavior,it can't be just my neighborhod.

CJ wrote on September 07, 2008 08:53 AM: Mr. Ronson is absolutely correct! I try very hard NOT to intimidate anyone in a crosswalk, because a car will win against flesh every time. But kids...even 6/7/8-year olds have no problem tempting fate! It's amazing that they aren't taught how to behave in public and on the street. Remember 10 years ago, all those kids who would hide under boxes in the middle of the street? Twenty years ago, a family I knew lost a child who was walking her bike across a street, in a crosswalk, with a crossing guard due to a drunk driver at 7 in the morning. I've made sure to be so very careful ever since. But you can't stop someone from diving in front of your vehicle on a dare from their friends. It's so very sad!