Stupid kids?

For the longest time, I have been wondering why there are people holding stop signs like ping pong (a.k.a. table tennis) racquets at crossings near schools. Don't kids in this country know how to cross a road themselves? Schools have too much money to waste?

Moreover, those people are not just near elementary school. They are at secondary schools too! Now, that's weird.

As far as I know, crossing a road here is very easy compared to where I came from. Cars have to stop 90% of the time!

Are the kids in this country stupid or something? Surely, they seemed more naive than the ones I met before, but come on, high school teenagers?

FINALLY, today I know. Apparently, you can't legally charge a minor for negligence. Therefore, if a kid runs into a road and damage himself AND you car, you can't really sue him for your damages.

Obviously, the kid doesn't buy third party insurance for his stupidity. What do we do?

Make it so that you have yourself to blame. Give a guy a stop sign and have HIM in charge of those kids. If YOU fail to stop for that toy stop sign, you are screwed.

If the crossing guard fools around and the kid still runs out, the city is screwed. You sue the city, since the he, the city employee, is responsible for the actions of the kid in his area.

The wonderful world of law. Now I know why people are ranting about the lack of responsibility of people. It's nurtured since we were kids!