Look, I don't want you guys to get the idea that someone just ran the kid over in a crosswalk - the kid was jaywalking to the extreme on a known busy road that is a crossroads of sorts for people to get to several major areas, with thru-traffic from Route 29. It was also dark by the time I got out, though I don't know if it was so when he was struck, and I notice that kids these days seem to have no concept of how truly shitty most car headlights are thanks to the prodigious use of street lamps in most urban areas. I know mine are. I wouldn't have a single clue you were there until it was too late, unless I had my high beams on.
Not that I'm blaming the kid. This wasn't in a portion of Charlotte where it's easy to move around if you don't have a car or someone to drive you. Even in Concord usually people are close enough to a gas station or little kiosk they could walk to if they need necessities, but many suburban areas are just too far spread out for people to easily get what they need - I have a feeling he was going to the nearby gas station for odds and ends and simply didn't want to waste the effort to walk further away from wherever he was staying in order to cross "safely".
Not that I'm blaming the kid. This wasn't in a portion of Charlotte where it's easy to move around if you don't have a car or someone to drive you. Even in Concord usually people are close enough to a gas station or little kiosk they could walk to if they need necessities, but many suburban areas are just too far spread out for people to easily get what they need - I have a feeling he was going to the nearby gas station for odds and ends and simply didn't want to waste the effort to walk further away from wherever he was staying in order to cross "safely".
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