Comments by "Beth Gerow" (@kittyfan) on "Investigation continues after child killed by GO Train in Toronto area" video.

ppl just don't seem to teach kids anything about crossing roads or train tracks anymore. Neighbourhoods have to lower their speed limits to 40 or even 30, and put up numerous stop signs (really increases pollution from cars stopping) School buses make ppl stop for ages so kids can wander across the street without looking. Crazy!! And then we have to spend a fortune putting fences the length of railway tracks, and ppl just knock them down/ climb over them./ cut holes in them anyways.
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@my2iu nah, doesn't work.....ppl don't want to walk 60 yds to the crossing....they just cross where they are. All the best to you!
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@my2iu the parents kind of answered the question in an interview. They said there's an ice cream store across the tracks from their apt building, and the older sister was supposed to be taking the others for ice cream (dad said) When i saw the interview i didn't realize that "oldest sister" was only 8. All the best to you!! ps i think you're right...a pedestrian overpass between an apt building and an ice cream store is a MUCH better idea than trying to maintain some kind of barrier....
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