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Comment by SiempreViernes

3 months ago

Not sure I see the crossover between activities performed at home and problems of car centric street design and the resulting poor pedestrian traffic safety?

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bluGill  3 months ago

If I have to watch my kids 100% of the time they can't walk to the park.

Nothing to do with street design - most suburbs have a park a safe walk near any house. That kids are not walking there is nothing to do with street design.

  • lcnPylGDnU4H9OF  3 months ago

    > That kids are not walking there is nothing to do with street design.

    Some state legislatures are pushing back against this. Utah passed a law in 2018 which amends the definition of neglect to exclude this kind of thing.

    https://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/static/SB0065.html

      (c) "Neglect" does not include:
    [...]
    (iv) permitting a child, whose basic needs are met and who is of sufficient age and maturity to avoid harm or unreasonable risk of harm, to engage in independent activities, including:
      [...]
      (B) traveling to and from nearby commercial or recreational facilities;

    A handful of other states have followed suit. This page shows a map of states with similar laws: https://letgrow.org/states/

    • bluGill  3 months ago

      Remember the first post that started this "require adults to secure the device before letting minors near them?" - if I have to secure all devices that means I can't let my kids out of my reach since they might find a device someplace. Raspberry pi's are cheap, you can dumpster dive old, but working devices. There is free wifi all over.

      In short the original post was subtly but very opposed to those very laws you are looking at.

      Mind you there is nothing about OS level age verification that stops any of the above - which is why I'm against it.

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  • wussboy  3 months ago

    Your kids not walking there has everything to do with street design. Check out Not Just Bikes on YouTube for why and how.

    • bluGill  3 months ago

      I have - he is making huge logic errors. There is good stuff there, but some conclusions don't follow. Others are correct for one area but don't generalize. He isn't as bad as strongtowns but still you need to use care when following him.

__s  3 months ago

https://www.businessinsider.com/mom-arrested-after-tween-wal...

there's a general issue with rise in protectionism

  • superxpro12  3 months ago

    I am empathetic to 99% of this woman's case and the article.

    However, the ending though, really feels like they're one step away from anti-vax, anti-education, and pro-hate pro-bigotry.

    This case really feels like an over-reach. But to condemn the entire system because they have an interest in making sure the country functions and sets minimum standards of life and care is not a "bad thing". The government represents the collective decision-making of millions, hundreds-of-millions of people.

    Don't throw the baby out with the bath water because one cop (in rural Georgia of all places) over-reacted.