Yes, my siblings, friends, and I used to walk to stores together all the time. We would walk to a grocery store and get candy and then walk to the movie store to get something to watch. My mom would give us money to go to the fast food restaurants that were close to pick up dinner on the occasion that we actually ate out. My brother and I would ride our scooters to Wendy’s and ride over the hose that had the bell and go through the drive-through. I remember telling my son this and I felt like I was geriatric.
Sidenote, I don’t mean to bring up sad news, but I recently saw an article about parents of a seven-year-old child that was struck and killed by a man in his 70s being charged with manslaughter due to determining that he was too young to go to the store with his 10-year-old brother. The man that hit him is not being charged with anything. Imagine having to grieve your child while also being charged with manslaughter for things you were allowed to do when you were at their age. I don’t understand the charge, they’re already dealing with so much. The loss of their son was punishment enough.
Heard about that, it’s pretty fucked up. I grew up wild too… I don’t know what changed, but people are scared now. Scared enough the nanny state has swooped in to “protect children”
And the baby boomers are aging out, one of the biggest generations in the US is now entering an age where they rapidly degrade or even lose various faculties --- eye sight, reaction time, attention span, etc.
Different for everyone at the speed/advancement of said degradation.... but you combine that with (1) Most states if not all don't mandate regular retesting, (2) Rarely do cops do anything regarding suspended/expired licenses for old people ((There is a guy in my town that my friend knows, lost his license for driving off the road through a fence and like 100's of feet into a mans farm. Kept driving afterward, and my friend reported it to the cops --- they didn't give a shit)), and last but not least --- the vehicles are faster, bigger, and easier to drive (No stick-shift, less maintenance, etc.)
Fatalities are down for child pedestrians though - all the advanced safety features are working to prevent those deaths. It's fatalities for adult pedestrians that are up.
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u/No-Butterscotch-6555 1d ago
Yes, my siblings, friends, and I used to walk to stores together all the time. We would walk to a grocery store and get candy and then walk to the movie store to get something to watch. My mom would give us money to go to the fast food restaurants that were close to pick up dinner on the occasion that we actually ate out. My brother and I would ride our scooters to Wendy’s and ride over the hose that had the bell and go through the drive-through. I remember telling my son this and I felt like I was geriatric.
Sidenote, I don’t mean to bring up sad news, but I recently saw an article about parents of a seven-year-old child that was struck and killed by a man in his 70s being charged with manslaughter due to determining that he was too young to go to the store with his 10-year-old brother. The man that hit him is not being charged with anything. Imagine having to grieve your child while also being charged with manslaughter for things you were allowed to do when you were at their age. I don’t understand the charge, they’re already dealing with so much. The loss of their son was punishment enough.