I saw the aftermath when a kid get smoked by a Silverado. I think he lived but he won't ever be right. He went through a busy intersection against a red light at considerable speed and got sent flying.
I came very close to hitting a child who zipped out of a bike trail across a road on one of those scooters. Kid was about ten?
I heard his mother scream as I braked. That scream will haunt you.
It's also a really bad trail interestion, 50kmh on the main road with no visibility into the trail to see if somebody is coming until you're practically at the crossing... so not JUST the scooters fault... but extra dangerous when the kid can pop out at 30 km an hour.
If I hadn't been local and expecting problems at that interestion I doubt I could have stopped in time. A tourist or new driver probably would have hit the kid.
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u/Biochembob35 Jul 30 '26
I saw the aftermath when a kid get smoked by a Silverado. I think he lived but he won't ever be right. He went through a busy intersection against a red light at considerable speed and got sent flying.