Why do parents feel the need to take children to school in a small town in a very safe country? Why can't they ride a bike or walk?
Good friends of mine live 1/4 mile from the elementary school. There is one semi-busy street crossing, BUT there is a pedestrian tunnel. So, no there are actually no streets to cross.
Yet, the kids are bussed to school. They can't be allowed to walk 1/4 mile with ZERO street crossings! It's completely ridiculous.
We pay for bus for our 3 oldest kids in the winter.
Also wolves are returningnin some parts of Europe and while people say wolves are so shy and afraid of humans I understand extremely well why parents don't risk their kids in an experiment to see if the predator that lives off moose actually is afraid of children or not.
They've gone into people's garden and killed the dog there.
Also I recently saw recordings of one or two wolves attacking a moose with calf so the part about only attacking in packs seems to be proven wrong.
Kids are often peoples biggest investment. I understand if they play it safe.
(I also argue that we should keep the wolves. I just disagree with people who claim wolves aren't dangerous to people.)
Millions of cars running through european towns at speeds high enough to kill a pedestrian, yet a wolve roaming through some far off forrest is considered more dangerous and newsworthy.
Hehe, agree to a certain degree.
I see this on a number of issues.
That said we have somewhat effective countermeasures against kids getting hit by cars: we lower speed limits around schools and elsewhere where children walk, and we built sidewalks and put up fences.
> a wolve roaming through some far off forrest is considered more dangerous and newsworthy.
As for why the wolves are more newsworthy that is easy to explain: the cars aren't news at all anymore. Wolves returning are news.