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Originally Posted by Typhoid
Funny how I also said "whoever placed them there".
And they were definately old enough? Were these kids schooled? Its a third world country. I can see if the kids were some sort of scholar for their area, and then yes, they should have known better.
And "They thought it would be fun to thumb their nose in the face of danger"?
Did you talk to these kids? Or are you psychic as to why people do what people do now?
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No, but as the article said, these kids were in their late teens. I imagine they weren't mentally retarded since the article didn't point that out, so I think they knew what they were doing.
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The motorist would still be at fault for not stopping.
Go find a kid in the street and plow him down, and see if you get off scott-free.
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Once agin, you're wrong. If a kid runs in front of a moving car in a section that is not noted for crossing, ITS NOT THE DRIVER'S FAULT.
Common sense realizes that a car moving at high speeds cannot stop on a dime whenever some idiot kid decides to run in the middle of a busy road. Maybe it is in Canada, but I doubt it.
Case in point: I working the door at my bar when a woman got hit by a car at night when she was trying to cross a major road in a non-crossing area. She was hit, and killed. I watched her die. It was her fault and the driver was never prosecuted. You can't blame someone for another person's deathwish.