You know what?
Little Timmy might disturb your peace for 3.5 minutes, but you'll live.

And you can always slow down in the parking lot. In my experience, if someones going to walk out in front of me, it's much more likely to be an adult. I try to avoid hitting them too, out of politeness.
(username failed moderation, Thu 4 Oct 2012, 16:49, 1 reply)

I do my best to avoid collisions.
However, if I'm pushing a load of sheet rock thought a store and the kid decides to race in front of me,, there's a limit to what I can do. I am not Superman. Similarly, if said kid darts out from between cars playing chase with his brother it's going to depend on my reflexes to not hit him. What if my own kids were distracting me?

It doesn't take that much to watch out for your kids, but it does require that you pay attention to what's going on around you, not just what you want to be looking at.
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Thu 4 Oct 2012, 23:52, closed)

Which, in truth, describes
99% of normal people.

You make it sound like there are hordes of 3 year olds constantly diving out in front of your car.

I'm guessing what brought this on was a flight to Orlando in 1994, where you got sat next to a 4 year old who got bored and threw a felt tip pen on the floor.
(username failed moderation, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 9:08, closed)

Where I am now, there are loads of kids running all around.
But again, I've seen that sort of thing in the States as well, and the other shit in England and Germany besides. (Well, less of it in Germany, but still some.)

I can't say what brought this on at the moment, for a variety of reasons. I could rant like hell on this subject, but I would get into troubles with the Powers That Be. They check on things and get very touchy about what is said.
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Sat 6 Oct 2012, 16:47, closed)