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It is trivially avoided once the kids are old enough, but there's a long period during which kids would be safe enough to roam around in the absence of cars, but aren't in the current environment.

We live a block from the playground, close enough that I can almost see it from our window, but you can't get there without crossing the street. So our kids (7y, 5y) can only go there with a grown up. I've worked on teaching them how to cross the street safely, but they're just not good enough at checking for cars yet.

>>jefftk+(OP)
I'm still not buying it. I lived in Switzerland for a while where kids walk themselves to school starting at like 5 years old, and there are loads of cars.

>>fastba+pw
Whats the speed limit? In Australia there are a lot of 60kmh roads near parks

>>fastba+pw
https://www.psychologicalscience.org/news/full-frontal-psych...

https://www.kidsandcars.org/how-kids-get-hurt/frontovers/

https://www.kidsandcars.org/how-kids-get-hurt/backovers/