Keep Those Kiddos Safe

[SuperiorDG]

So I don't know this kiddo directly but he does go to my ex-wife's school, Arvada K-8, and she knows him. Gage was hit by a car while walking to school on Wednesday morning. From what I hear he is pretty messed up. As my 8 and 10 year old boys get ready for Halloween I can only imagine him and his plans for tonight. Keep your kids safe out there tonight.

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"Gage was recently hit by a vehicle while walking to school. Four of his siblings were with him at the time. Gage has had surgery on his arm, leg, and jaw, and has several more surgeries scheduled. Gage has a long road of recovery ahead of him.
Gage is 9 years old, the fourth child of eight. He marches to the beat of his own drum and is a very curious child. He loves playing dolls with his sisters, cars with his younger brothers, and sports/video games with his older brother. He is lively and energetic, keeping mom and dad constantly on their toes."

https://www.gofundme.com/8z7j8kv4

[Bailey Guns]

No 9 year old should have to endure that.

[BPTactical]

Ban cars.....for the children.......if it saves one life.....not one more.



All sarcasm aside, best wishes for a speedy recovery to the little guy and his family.
Agree with BG, no kiddo should have to endure that.

[blacklabel]

Best wishes to the little man. My wife was ran over by a car when she was 8 but lucked out compared to this guy. That's terrible.

[fitz19d]

Terrible what happened to kid., linked text doesn't mention catching driver or who's fault?

But 8 damn children?? Might have more money for medical bills if they had more sane 2-3..

[wctriumph]

Prayers up.

[OtterbatHellcat]

Prayers up.

Yes.

[Jer]

Do you know any details of the driver? Elderly? DUI? Not paying attention? I'd be curious to know this as my money is on elderly. My wife had something similar happen to her when she was about that boy's age. Old lady actually drove up onto a sidewalk and took her out head on after suddenly swerving for no reason. She basically didn't even know she had done it. We were just talking about a friend who had their son run over by an elderly man and the kid will never be right. In all situations the driver had zero business driving and were well beyond legally blind coupled with a myriad of sudden an reoccurring medical conditions. I would love to see some stats of this compared to children (or even adults) injured/killed by guns. My guess is that the #'s are staggering since almost everyone knows at least one child/adult who has been hit (either in the car or otherwise) by an elderly person who has no business behind the wheel of a car. Not sure why those so worried about the safety of children don't take on that glaring problem.

[Irving]

Because it is difficult to tell adults what to do, that's why. Same issue as forcing people to take their meds.

[sniper7]

Very sad, hope he recovers fully and gets back to having fun being a kid

[Jer]

Because it is difficult to tell adults what to do, that's why. Same issue as forcing people to take their meds.

The difference here is we have licensing to assure that people are capable of driving. If they're not capable they need to have their licenses taken away and then actual penalties need to exist rather then 'Well, they're old so they didn't mean any harm' because lack of intent doesn't mean there's no threat.

I followed an old man home one night on highway 34 in Loveland. I called the local non-emergency # to report their plate # and a play-by-play of their actions which were blatant. If it weren't for several other drivers and pedestrians (yes, pedestrians) being alert there would have been several bad accidents. I thought that it was a drunk driver at first which is why I followed (from a safe distance) and called. The driver was going towards the same area of town I live in so I went ahead and stuck with them the entire time. The driver pulled up and opened up their garage and I expected to see some drunkard stumble out of the car. It was an old man who took several minutes to remove himself from the car. Gave plenty of time for a marked cruiser to show up. He stopped at me first briefly (had my description from dispatch along with extensive list of transgressions) and then parked in front of the old man's house and approached the garage where they talked for a while. I then heard him tell the man to have a good night as he walked away and got back into his cruiser and drove over to me. He basically said that the guy hadn't been drinking and therefore he wasn't going to do anything? When I pressed the issue slightly to find out why he basically said that he was a nice old man who seemed harmless. Dafuq?!? I never said the guy was a psychopath out looking for blood. That doesn't mean that a situation like what happened in the OP of this thread isn't imminent.

If they can 'make adults' be licensed to drive they can also make sure those with licenses are actually capable of driving. I'm not saying it's an easy fix but I'm saying that it's FAR more common than the media rhetoric about firearms and children. Just drives me nuts when I hear about things like this. The topic is a bit personal to me because about a year ago I had to take my mom's keys and it was a battle that lasted until she passed away. She was so damn sure that she was 100% capable of driving and they her motor skills and decision making was still intact but the reality was she was scary to ride with. Not everyone has a family member strong enough emotionally to step in when the time has come and driving is NOT a right unlike firearm ownership. I'm just saying that if people truly cared about the welfare of the children there's other areas where they could focus their efforts that would save more children.

I don't want to turn this into a heated debate about elderly drivers so I'll just leave this conversation at this and I have nothing more to add on the topic. I still would be curious about some of the details of the accident though if the OP has them.

[brutal]

Hoping for a speedy and full recovery.

We've gone through this with our youngest son TWICE. At 12, he was struck by a teenage driver while riding his bicycle. No broken bones, but 5 days in a coma and a TBI were the outcome. A helmet would have prevented this. At 16, he was low speed ejected from the rear seat (estimated @final roll) from a car high speed rollover. Nearly died. 30 days in Craig rehab and to this day still has issues. TBI, broken pelvis, shattered tibia, broken wrist, broken ribs, collapsed lung.

No child or parent should have to endure this, but living as a human being has its risks. Learn from it, and yes, try to keep your kids safe.

[fitz19d]

Sorry to the few on here, I think if still posting online you probably have your faculties.

But fuck old people driving. Living near hospitals i've seen so many cause accidents (and then usually after inspecting damage leave unreported, those were fun giving plates to police), get in near accidents etc. My favorite was this old dude, we help find his car. He comes back an hour later looking for his car. Doesn't remember us helping before.... ok, show him his car, not 5 mins later hes back again driving his car..... that's safe...

Round abouts? They stop in the circle seeing you a mile away when they coulda circles it 3 times before I arrived. I wont drive besides anyone after twice having me slightly ahead and they try to merge onto me... My R32 1/4 panel got all dented in while I was out of country by my parents geriatric neighbor. No proof but no it was them based on where parked, the damage, and that theyve done it before. But SOL a week after it happened.

Who is it you usually see doing literally 45/50 on the highway in the right lane (or sometimes left), some old bastard who cant figure out a frontage road. Doing that in a 75 is just not safe.

Had my share of seeing wrong way drivers and the like. Really I'd almost (I'm not but almost) qualify them as a greater hazard than drunk drivers. I'm amazed this recent target drive through wall incident was a dui not elderly.

[SuperiorDG]

I don't yet know all the details, but from what I heard it was pickup truck. The school zone lights were flashing but on this road there is not a requirement to slow down like in other school zones. They have taken him off the meds enough for him to visit with his parents and siblings so that is a good sign.

I just hate to see this kind of thing happen to a kid. Thanks for all the well wishes folks.

[Irving]

Jer and fitz, oh don't be fooled. I totally agree with you. I've taken keys before, and wanted to take the car to the scrapper, only to have someone else give them right back.

[Jer]

Jer and fitz, oh don't be fooled. I totally agree with you. I've taken keys before, and wanted to take the car to the scrapper, only to have someone else give them right back.

It's insane to me that we have a licensing system that is supposed to keep unsafe drivers from being able to legally drive and instead it's become a revenue source for anyone willing to give them money.

[WETWRKS]

Shouldn't there be a background check for auto purchases...if it saves just one child...just one child....


I knew an older fellow who rode around town on a bicycle because he wasn't allowed to drive based on meds he was on. He was about 20 yards off the road in a grassy area and got mowed down by a lady who was not supposed to be driving based on the meds she was on. Killed him outright.