Safety on the Roads

I haven't taken much notice of it before, possibly because of the fact that I am a careful pedestrian. Really.

I'm turning into a road, and these people with their kid, who was skipping ahead, continue to step off the pavement and cross the path in front of a moving vehicle. They were just chattering away, not bothering to keep a check on their surroundings.

Good thing I was just free-wheeling, or I would have ran over that kid, who didn't look both ways before crossing the road. It wasn't the first time either. Both of them were kids. I feel pretty pissed off, mainly at the schools and their parents for not ingraining such basic sense. When I get out there, you bet I'll be doing the ingraining.