I urge all drivers to remember that March Break is over and that kids are back to school. This morning my daughter was crossing Howard at Tecumseh with 4 other kids. There was a car turning right onto Tecumseh. The kids crossed with the Walk light, when the car turning right decided to actually pull forward. If not for his realizing at the last second that there were kids in front of him crossing the road and him applying the brake, there could have been 5 kids in the hospital this morning including my daughter. She was tapped by the car, and was unhurt but she did phone me because she was shaken up. She did not think to get a license plate number, but she said the guy was texting. Yes it is legal to turn right on a red light, however only if it is safe to do so.

PAY ATTENTION TO YOUR SURROUNDINGS when you are driving. You have a 3 thousand pound vehicle against kids that weight in at less than 120 lbs. If you do not pay attention and you hit and injure someone you are at fault when the pedestrian is crossing on a crosswalk with the walk light. I don't think anyone wants to hurt a kid. I know I don't want my kid injured or killed by anyone. Driving is a privilege not a right. Take care out there and pay attention to what you are doing and put your damn phones down! Nothing is more important than a child's life!