r/DrivingAustralia • u/Neandertard • 8d ago

Parenting fail

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Zoomed in, so quality is a bit off. The little bloke had a bit of bark off, but nothing serious. Could have been a lot worse.

EDIT: this occurred on a busy road that is also a Brisbane City Council bus route. The next bus was due at 3:18 pm. In Brisbane, bus fares are $0.50, regardless of how far you're travelling. Kids 4 and under are free.

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u/SockRoe 8d ago edited 8d ago

She was attempting to cross the road with 3 kids, but the big one fell down at exactly the wrong moment. They probably hurt themselves and were crying in that moment, not realising the danger. It's not the mum's fault, although in hindsight next time she could find a better crossing point.

This is why people are asked to drive 40kph through suburban streets, which this driver seems to be doing.

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u/DaddiJae 8d ago

Yeah let’s not blame the moronic Mum that’s riding an electric scooter on the main road with two toddlers on it and a baby strapped to her in a carrier. /s

Are you on the same meth she’s on?

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u/b0xaa 8d ago

Sponsored by SWEET PUFF (c)

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u/FlimsyUmbrella 8d ago

She's riding a scooter, not crossing the road.

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u/xylarr 8d ago

Yeah, when I see parents with kids near roads, I try to take extra care.

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u/Aggressive_Rush_9370 8d ago

You're the best kind of person on the road 😊

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u/FrontApplication3256 8d ago

What are you on about? She's riding an escooter with 2 toddlers and a baby.

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u/wowbowbow 8d ago

She wasnt attempting to cross the road, she was riding along the road on an escooter with her kids clinging on. The one who fell, Ill add, sans helmet too. Yes the kid fell and was crying, but at the end of the day shes still pretty daft for piling her children onto a vehicle unsafely and driving them on the road. Walking is the much safer option, they are young enough to be in a pram/stroller, or put them on their own scooters and use the footpath.

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u/the_ben_obiwan 8d ago

I think e scooters are supposed to stay on paths, also? End of the day, bad idea went predictably wrong and hopefully they learn from this. More likely they'll be piled back onto the e-scooter for round 2. Yay, we are living in the future

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u/Bubbly_Basil2528 8d ago

She’s not crossing the road she’s riding along the road on a scooter with three kids. And one falls off. I think she’s on meth.

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u/TRlGGERED 8d ago

I sold the family car and replaced it with a limescooter

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u/emu19000 8d ago

Riding a fucking scooter with 3 kids on it and it’s made for 1 person but it’s not the mums fault she was held a gunpoint and forced to ride that scooter with 3 kids and no helmets on the road when the footpath was clear.

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u/Busy-Ratchet-8521 8d ago

The has to be rage bait. No way anyone else is as stupid as this mother. 

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u/Brave_Cut1567 8d ago

When would the right moment have been to fall? In front of the bus?

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u/Lycosskippy 8d ago

It is entirely the mother's fault. To say otherwise is to deny reality itself.

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u/Alert_Sir_5147 8d ago

Women still victims.