OK so maybe I should title this attention ALL drivers. Wait let me get out my soap box. OK I am ready. SLOW DOWN!!! There is this very cool invention call the TV and it airs something called the news. On this show called the news you get the weather report and traffic report. It's not all ways right but it is pretty darn accurate. Not only that but you can look out the window in the morning when your alarm goes off and see if that fun white stuff is falling from the sky. If this is happening please leave early and drive slower. I am so fed up with drivers trying to make it to work on time in bad weather and causing accidents because the didn't leave early.
Yesterday my son who is in Jr. High came home to inform me that the crossing guard who was hit by a car just before Christmas break died. It was very very bad weather that day and yes stopping was hard but if you are driving 20 miles an hour, which is the speed limit in front of the schools, you should be able to stop. Now there is a lady out there that now calls herself a widow. She probably has Christmas presents she bought for him in her house wondering what to do with them. On Christmas morning she woke up to a house that felt foreign to her. With presents addressed to her from her late husband. She didn't have him to drive over to their kid's houses with her to watch the grandkids get their gifts. That is if she was even able to get out of bed on Christmas. I know that loosing a loved on any day of the year is hard but loosing them near Christmas is a little bit different.
A few years ago when my son was in 5Th grade he wanted to ride his bike to school. I reluctantly let him only because my husband made me. I left the house about 5 minutes after him to take my daughter who was in 1st grade to school. This was during a time when we had a crossing guard who left too early or didn't show up at all. There was a car accident when I got to the cross walk. I looked for my son all the way to the school but never saw him. When he got home that afternoon he told me the car accident was his fault. After hearing the story I tried to convince him it was not his fault. He had stopped at the cross walk the crossing guard was not there. A nice lady stopped to wave him through. While he was crossing another car came up and hit the car stopped for my son. The one who did the hitting got out and chewed out the first lady in front of my shook up son. So he not only witness the accident but heard them fight about it. I thank God that my son was in just the right spot that he wasn't hit.
So please people slow down, pay attention, and leave a little bit earlier. I love my children too much to loose them.
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Wow that is so sad about the crossing guard passing away. I heard about the accident on the news and knew instantly where the crosswalk is because that's where we scorekeep. People definitely need to take more responsibility and make better decisions when they're driving. It's so not worth hurting or killing someone to try and save that (MAYBE) 5 minutes by speeding or driving aggressively. I had some a-hole nearly cause me to hit head on on Friday and for what? Because he was pissed off I got in front of him. Seriously people. Take a deep breath and move on.. Accidents are NOT worth the headache OR heartache!!
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