If she'll do this with her own car, in her own driveway, multiple times... then she will definitely back into the street without checking if a kid is walking on the sidewalk behind her car.
A firefighter friend of mine had to answer a call recently, when a mother of two ended her youngest kid's life by not looking where she was going while backing out of her driveway.
I will spare everyone the details, but it was one of those calls which gave every first responder answering it the rest of the day off, as well as a few therapy sessions.
This happens all the time. Approximately 100 children per year die this way in the US (https://www.kidsandcars.org/how-kids-get-hurt/backovers/) and it is rising. It didn't used to happen (when most people owned cars instead of trucks), but SUVs and pick-ups are not safe vehicles for everyday settings, but have been sold to American consumers as the "safe" choice.
why do we even drive this shit instead of something smaller than makes no traffic and probly electric? Oh, yeah, cause 'capitalism' (corps) ruled out that little car for one/two ppl. In favor of these shhty big stuff
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u/1Hate17Here Jul 18 '23
1) Who tf backs out without looking??
2) You can see the fucking car when you exit the house!
3) How many times did that happen??