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BumRushDaShow

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13. When you walk out your front door
Mon Feb 23, 2026, 03:22 PM
16 hrs ago

you are "risk taking". You could walk a couple steps along on a sidewalk and some lunatic behind the wheel could come careening around a corner and smash into you. The same could have happened to them without being on bikes.

It's bad enough seeing more and more cars ignoring school zone speed limits or school bus flashing lights and "stop" gates, and driving around the bus only to hit a child trying to cross the street.

In other words, the child "took a risk" assuming a car would stop with all that notice but "she lost".

Not sure why you are defending the driver and assuming the same might not have happened if they biked along the same road without having had any alcohol, and especially after 2 other drivers indicated the perp was "driving aggressively" trying to get past the cars in front of him (meaning those other drivers could have been in an accident caused by that guy), is beyond me.

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