r/mildlyinfuriating • u/LaFemmeCurieuse • 9h ago

I'm slightly vexed Please pay attention

My neighbor was outside talking on her phone while watching her 2 year old grandson. He was running around in front of her. I got into my car, turned on my favorite podcast and put the car in reverse. I looked up and realized that I didn’t see him anymore. I checked my rearview camera, and he was standing behind my car. Fortunately, my foot was still on the brake.

I’m so grateful that I have that camera. He’s so little that he was completely hidden from my rearview mirror. His grandmother didn’t look in our direction until I got out of the car and called her. I try not to think about what could have happened if I’d been running late and rushing.

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u/Sushi_Trashpanda 1h ago

That worst case scenario happened to a lady at my folks church. This was about 25 years ago and she was a Fedex driver making deliveries. She had to go down a long driveway to make the delivery and then back out bc there wasn’t enough room for her to turn around in the driveway. So she was backing, the high pitched beeping noise was working, and the pre-k child was outside unattended and didn’t realize the noise meant danger. Absolutely tragic 💔

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u/LaFemmeCurieuse 1h ago

That’s awful. The common theme in these incidents is that no one was watching the kids.