Increase in number os stray kids at roadsides..

harveybobbles

Twice this week I have had to brake heavily when passing a mother and child at the roadside as the mother (I use the term loosely..) decided ahe wanted to perhaps check Facebook to see what Stacey or Tracey was doing "lay-or..".

Thus leaving the sprog to roam free. One sproglet ran from its mothers location by the garden fence and onto the kerb.

Next time I see a pathetic excuse of a parent doing this I will be having a word in their thick ear..

olly300

The parent doesn't have to have friends called Stacey or Tracey to do this. Some middle class parents don't want to be too hard on their children so let their "special darling" nearly kill themselves.

Luckily not all young children want to win a Darwin award regardless of their parent's behaviour.

[Deleted User]

But surely these it is your fault for having the audacity to drive your (probably road legal) vehicle on the road and thus endangering their darlings:D

Oldfatgrumpy

People don't seem to use reins on their kids any more, ours were always in them in the street until trustworthy, and used to think it great fun to be hoisted over kerbs by the skyhook occasionally!

anotherbaldrick

That's one good reason to buy a VW Golf, they have got a very ,very loud horn. A good long blast will ossify any sprog in mid lunge. They have even been known to permanently petrify dogs .

s_b

anotherbaldrick wrote: »

That's one good reason to buy a VW Golf, they have got a very ,very loud horn. A good long blast will ossify any sprog in mid lunge. They have even been known to permanently petrify dogs .

so they are renowned for having water leaks with calcium in then too:eek:
must keep away from vw's then

anotherbaldrick

s_b wrote: »

so they are renowned for having water leaks with calcium in then too:eek:
must keep away from vw's then

pet·ri·fy/ˈpetrəˌfī/


Verb:

• Make (someone) so frightened that they are unable to move or think.
• Change (organic matter) into a stony concretion by encrusting or replacing its original substance with a calcareous, siliceous, or other...

Synonyms:fossilize

DaveF327

treboeth wrote: »

But surely these it is your fault for having the audacity to drive your (probably road legal) vehicle on the road and thus endangering their darlings:D

Haha, I was once asked by one [STRIKE]mother of darling children[/STRIKE] extra from "Shameless" not to drive down a particular road as her children were playing in it.

I happily pointed out the spacious park (complete with children's play area) adjacent to the road on which our conversation took place.

forgotmyname

I know its an evil thought. But on one of the cop shows they visited a house to tell the parents the kids were playing on the motorway.

The response was have you not got better things to do. With some expletive's.

My evil mind got to work and i would have loved them to reply yes. Thats why we have brought you a shovel.
You need to go and scrape them off the carriageway.

Some parents just should not be.

SteveJW

Oldfatgrumpy wrote: »

People don't seem to use reins on their kids any more, ours were always in them in the street until trustworthy, and used to think it great fun to be hoisted over kerbs by the skyhook occasionally!

Not really to do with motoring but I regularly cycle down a canal with shear sides about a foot high, the number of parents with children feeding the ducks and having no control over their children
If the kids fell in no way to get them out without jumping in, also gives the message it's alright to be at the waters edge
I suppose if an accident happens the answer will be to fill the canal in

Reins never did me any harm as a child

Strider590

If you see a potential hazard like this, its a good idea to sound the horn as you approach..... sure they'll probably take it the wrong way, but doing so could save a life or at the very least save your own vehicle from damage.

Recent examples for me are approaching parked cars where the driver and passengers are clearly about to exit the vehicle and also recently on an nsl road where some f*ckwit was trying to reverse out of a side road....

Have also done this outside a school once or twice!!!