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Thursday 24 February 2011
Driving Mad

Driving her kids to school, a South Carolina woman, Amy Lynn Stewart, encountered a group of teens walking in the middle of the road. She honked but they would not get out of the way, so she plowed into them, hitting four. They were 12, 13, 13, and 14-years-old. “I wanted to knock some sense into them,” she would tell the police. Four victims were treated at the scene. One was taken to a hospital.

At that intersection, there are no sidewalks. All over America, there are many roads without sidewalks. Many communities are built just for the car. Lawns, often vast, encroach right to the curbs. 307 million Americans own about 150 million cars. Entire blocks are reserved for parking garages. Walking on a road shoulders, one can feel like a vagrant or a prowling criminal.

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  1. reptilians reblogged this from azspot
  2. canisfamiliaris reblogged this from azspot and added:
    Driving her kids to school, a South Carolina woman, Amy Lynn Stewart, encountered a group of teens walking in the middle...
  3. terajk reblogged this from and added:
    Yes to all of this. A related problem: there’s a school near my house. Sometimes, people speed through like bats out of...
  4. notemily reblogged this from azspot and added:
    My parents grew up in Beaumont, Texas, a town of no sidewalks and plenty of strip malls. As a kid, visiting, I found the...
  5. inaugurateneglect reblogged this from azspot and added:
    This is what I wonder about sometimes - the reality of car-dependency; of growing up in the suburbs and waiting on your...
  6. calloutgouranga reblogged this from azspot and added:
    South Carolina is a crazy fucking place
  7. asian-food-for-thought reblogged this from azspot and added:
    This is f—ing crazy. I can’t believe there are people who would actually do this. She should definitely get some...
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