{"id":2833,"date":"2012-10-16T21:06:54","date_gmt":"2012-10-17T04:06:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=2833"},"modified":"2012-10-16T21:06:54","modified_gmt":"2012-10-17T04:06:54","slug":"driver-busy-reading-drive-like-your-kids-live-here-sign-almost-strikes-child","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=2833","title":{"rendered":"Driver Busy Reading \u201cDrive Like Your Kids Live Here\u201d Sign Almost Strikes Child"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\"\"<\/a>Stapleton resident Chad May has a squeaky clean driving record and prides himself on his cautious driving.\u00a0That\u2019s why he was so ashamed and regretful about almost running into a child crossing the street on Xanthia St. yesterday. The boy\u2019s parents, Randy and Joanne, were horrified by the near miss and emphatic about what they perceive as a dangerous street. \u201cThis is exactly why we\u2019ve posted these signs instructing drivers to slow down and drive like their kids live here,\u201d said Randy.\n\nThe irony of the situation is that May\u2019s kids do, in fact, live here, and May\u2019s eyes were diverted from the road to read the bright red signs. \u201cI\u2019m a slow reader, and most signage is less verbose and more simple-minded, like \u201cStop\u201d or \u201cYield\u201d or \u201cRomney-Ryan.\u201d\u00a0I was squinting to read the finely printed web address at the bottom of the sign when I saw the boy out of the corner of my eye and slammed on the brakes.\u201d\u00a0\nWhile Randy and Joanne insist that the signs are resulting in safer streets, May disagrees. \u201cI\u2019m guessing that unless you\u2019re talking about MLK or Central Park Boulevard, 90% of the time the driver\u2019s kids do live here, so you\u2019re probably just distracting already conscientious drivers rather than making things safer.\u201d\nA spokesman from the Drive Like Your Kids Live Here campaign was unavailable for comment.\u00a0However, their website is now offering a new product for neighborhoods like Stapleton that are characterized by high concentrations of young, school-aged children.\u00a0Designed to be reused approximately 10-12 years in the future, these signs can be turned inside out with a revised warning for pedestrians: \u201cWalk like our kids drive here.\u201d\n]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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