@anildash The saddest part of these stats is that they mean cities have been genuflecting to motorists for so long that they're just not safe for kids to be out in at night, ever.

Halloween is just the one night kids go out anyway, and we pay for it.

@anildash

Sage guidance lifted from another site:

If you have a car, you can help keep kids safe when they’re trick-or-treating tonight by following these 3 simple steps:

1. drive (slowly) to the nearest body of water
2. put the car in neutral
3. push it into the sea

@anildash

By and large pedestrian safety is viewed as the private responsibility of pedestrians.

In Los Angeles they put up an occasional sign memorializing a casualty of the car culture, but they won't add a crosswalk.

"... firearm-related injuries were second only to motor vehicle crashes ... as the leading cause of death among children and adolescents, defined as persons 1 to 19 years of age."

Notice anything odd about the framing? Which of these is the focus of concern?