Today I picked my kid up from school and seconds after we made it across the crosswalk, a guy came screaming around the corner at high speed through the school zone. When I threw my hands up in a "WTF" gesture, he gave me the finger and continued on, blasting through the crosswalk further down the street, nearly missing the crossing guard.

You lived in different times. On your way to school how many cars did you see? 5? A dozen? There are no more "boogy-men" or creeps today then there were then...that is not the risk. What there is a hell of a lot more people on the roads, in a rush and not being careful.....and even a few who relish speeding through a school zone while flipping the the bird to a father and his daughter in the process.