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It's all fun and games until someone gets kidnapped. There's also the situation where a lot of American towns/cities aren't so crowded that you can walk everyw

It's all fun and games until someone gets kidnapped. There's also the situation where a lot of American towns/cities aren't so crowded that you can walk everywhere. And not everywhere in America is there good public transportation.

CaptSpify 10y ago
> It's all fun and games until someone gets kidnapped. But statistically, how often does that happen? Is it enough to be seriously worried about? > There's also the situation where a lot of American towns/cities aren't so crowded that you can walk everywhere. And not everywhere in America is there good public transportation. I don't think it's an issue of being crowded. I think it's an issue of how we design our cities. We assume everyone will have a car, so those that don't have a car (kids) have less independence. A lot of Europe was built before cars existed, so they don't assume that everyone will have their own car.
- dsr_ 10y ago
  There are 115 abductions of children by strangers in an average year, in the US. Traffic accidents are a much, much more prevalent threat. (There are 800,000 children reported missing each year. 90% have misunderstood directions or ran away on their own initiative. 9% are kidnapped by a family member in a custody dispute. http://www.pollyklaas.org/about/national-child-kidnapping.html http://www.pollyklaas.org/about/national-child-kidnapping.ht... )
seanmcdirmid 10y ago
Almost all kid kidnappings are from someone the kid knows, like a parent without legal custody.
antisthenes 10y ago
> And not everywhere in America is there good public transportation. First off, that's by design. Car-centric infrastructure planning really did a number on the American public. The damages ended up being far worse than just economic. Second, that's an understatement of the century. Public transportation is pretty much non-existent in most of US. It's good in exactly 1 city (NY), and probably decent in another 2 or 3.
maxxxxx 10y ago
I bet more parents beat their kids to death each year than strangers kidnapping children. Based on that parents should not be allowed to get close to their children.

CaptSpify 10y ago

> It's all fun and games until someone gets kidnapped. But statistically, how often does that happen? Is it enough to be seriously worried about? > There's also the situation where a lot of American towns/cities aren't so crowded that you can walk everywhere. And not everywhere in America is there good public transportation. I don't think it's an issue of being crowded. I think it's an issue of how we design our cities. We assume everyone will have a car, so those that don't have a car (kids) have less independence. A lot of Europe was built before cars existed, so they don't assume that everyone will have their own car.

dsr_ 10y ago
There are 115 abductions of children by strangers in an average year, in the US. Traffic accidents are a much, much more prevalent threat. (There are 800,000 children reported missing each year. 90% have misunderstood directions or ran away on their own initiative. 9% are kidnapped by a family member in a custody dispute. http://www.pollyklaas.org/about/national-child-kidnapping.html http://www.pollyklaas.org/about/national-child-kidnapping.ht... )

seanmcdirmid 10y ago

Almost all kid kidnappings are from someone the kid knows, like a parent without legal custody.

antisthenes 10y ago

> And not everywhere in America is there good public transportation. First off, that's by design. Car-centric infrastructure planning really did a number on the American public. The damages ended up being far worse than just economic. Second, that's an understatement of the century. Public transportation is pretty much non-existent in most of US. It's good in exactly 1 city (NY), and probably decent in another 2 or 3.

maxxxxx 10y ago

I bet more parents beat their kids to death each year than strangers kidnapping children. Based on that parents should not be allowed to get close to their children.