these kids dont look to see if cars or buses are coming they walk right out in front of them, also the buses coming in in the afternoon are flying thru the school, someone is going to get hit again just a matter of time

I'm sorry but I don't do this and nether do alot of the kids at my school and the busses don't coming flying down. I don't get how so many people know what my school is like.

If it's reported correctly above and the kid was hit in the cross walk then they had the right of way, period. The only time a pedestrian doesn't have the right of way in a cross walk is when at a light with an electric cross sign telling them to stop or if a crossing guard or police are directing traffic and tell them otherwise. Whether drivers like it or not, if the student was at the cross walk then the driver should have stopped to yield way. Common sense surely dictates that you don't walk out in front of a moving vehicle but if there is a person standing at the cross walk the driver is supposed to stop and let them cross. Too many people in such a hurry that we don't even stop to think about the consequence of our actions. Thankfully this time the kid wasn't seriously injured. I commend Principal Murphy for keeping us informed and doing his best to keep the students safe.

As a resident of the neighboring Williams Range community, I can't tell you how many times we witness drivers making reckless, ILLEGAL u-turns in/around our community during school hours. The infractions were so high in number that we petitioned the County to errect "No U Turn" signs along Apple Ridge Rd (and they did so). Despite the signage, drivers continue to make the illegal u-turns; putting students and other drivers at risk. I'm amazed that there haven't been more accidents. I know MC Police Department has much bigger matter to tend to, but if they had an officer posted on Apple Ridge between MV Foundation and Watkins Mill Road, the County would clean up in giving tickets between 7am - 7:25am. Not to mention one day of ticket writing would probably deter future violations.

Pedestrians always have the right of way only in the sense that cars can't run them down. A car must stop for someone crossing the road whether at a crosswalk or not. But if the car was coming and the person simply walked out in front it and got hit, crosswalk or not, the driver is not automatically at fault. Pedestrians have an obligation to yield right of way to oncoming cars before walking out into the road. I'm not saying it's the case here, but too many pedestrians act entitled to stroll into the road whenever and wherever they please because cars have to stop for them.

It is very frustrating. What is also frustrating is the illegally parked cars on Arrowhead road. I was informed from security that they are not required to sticker the vehicles that are illegally parked. I had to flag down a police officer patroling arrowhead road and pointed it out to him. He finally ticketed the 2 cars. When cars are illegally parked it makes it very difficult to cross Arrowhead road coming out of Brian Glen Way. The other issue is the towing signed that are posted. I ask myself why are they posted? I was informed by security that they will NOT tow cars illegally parked on Arrowhead nor will they tow cars that are parked in reserved spaces that belong to othe residents. This happened to me a couple of weeks ago. A resident was parked in one of my reserved spaces. When I asked the resident to move his car, he told me to mind my business. I contacted security who told me that they WILL tow the car. After an hour, I called back and someone else told me that they WILL not tow the car. When I contacted the towing company who's number is posted on the sign, they told me that they DO tow however, they need approval from security. FYI, the resident who parked in my spot lives in a unit whereby the owner rents out rooms in her townhouse. They have 7 cars in that unit, now you understand why they park in other reserved spaces. Thanks for listening!

The student at WM was hit because it was dark, rainy, and there is inadaquate lighting at the crosswalk in question. Yes, as stated earlier, students often cross the street regardless of oncoming traffic, right ot way, or anything else. And we have had students hit because of that issue before. But in this week's case, it was the poor lighting. The installed that crosswalk because students were jaywalking there for years, but they failed to light the area properly. In fact, the entire section of Apple Ridge Road from Watkins Mill Rd to the school is poorly lit, which causes problems in the morning, as well as after football games, etc. This needs to be addressed.

I have witnessed so many on their phones or listening to music or talking to their friends while, that they forget to pay attention to the road. Also if it is dark, some people can't see.