[alistairSH]

The street is, in fact, too dangerous for a 10-year-old, or even an adult.

There's a skinny sidewalk on one side. No sidewalk on the other. No signaled crossings for blocks. High-ish speed traffic.

Given an option, nobody would walk that particular stretch of highway.

Should the parents have been charged? Probably not (unless there are details missing from the artcile). Should we reconsider how we build our suburbs? Absolutely.

[paleotrope]

There's a signaled crossing right at the intersection?

https://www.google.com/maps/@35.2348779,-81.2052672,3a,75y,2...

[alistairSH]

Yes, but not to the SW corner of Hudson/Lyon. If you happen to live off Taylor, on the south side of Hudson, there's no way to get there.