[bluGill]

Maybe. Suburbs streets have so little traffic you can let a 4 year old play games in them. As you get closer and closer in there is more traffic. If I lived on any of the roads near downtown in my tiny city I'd be concerned about my kid running out the door and into the street. While I worry about that anywhere, the odds are in my favor where I live now because there are so few cars, while in the city there are cars all the time.

[karlp]

Surely after 4 or 5 your kid can look for traffic no?

[bluGill]

Sure, she looks. It doesn't always register to not run out in traffic though.