Greenshire Homeowner's Association

I don't know if we're old fashioned, but when our kids were young they were taught NOT to play in the street. Don't cross the road w/o looking both ways.  For some reason Bold Cypress is a baseball field, and a basketball field.  Forget trying to get somewhere in decent time, you have to wait to use the road because it's always occupied by kids.  Not to mention the ones who dart out in front of you without looking, or balls bouncing off of nice cars.  Am I the only one this bothers?  What can be done about this? Don't there parents care?

I remember those day's also, but seeing those kids playing brings back some fond memories to me.  When I drive down where they are playing, they all get out of the way, some even waive. If having to wait a few seconds for them to give you room to drive keeps you from arriving to your destination at a decent time, you may want to leave a few seconds earlier. My garage serves its intended purpose eliminating the balls bouncing off of our vehicles.

Thanks,

MV 

I guess you don't have visitors?  All our homes on this street are 2-car garages, small garages at that, some vehicles don't fit in them very well, and some people have more than 2 cars.  My point though is the road is built for cars.  My kids played in the yard when they were young.  All it takes is a young driver not really paying attention for one of these kids to get hurt.  I've had visitors complain about some of them not looking and walking out in front of their car, if someone's blabbing on the phone or messing with their radio, this is dangerous.

Your concern as I see it is two-fold: the safety of the children playing in the street, and the potential damage of residents' property (regardless of whether cars are parked on the street, in the driveway, or in an open garage).  Damage isn't limited to just the cars, it could just as easily be a broken house window or exterior light.  The days of playing in connected back yards disappeared with the erection of privacy fences, which puts today's kids in the front yard and street to play.  There are no Greenshire covenants being violated by the play, but I can offer how our street handles this play: there are always adults out supervising, interacting, observing. If a car comes on the street, someone yells "car" and everyone respectfully moves to the side.  If damage to personal property occurs,  there's no doubt how it happened, who was involved, and how it will be fixed.  Try hosting a meeting at your home of your street's residents.  There is a wealth of information from the NTSA's website on the danger's of distracted driving and a great article from Reader's Digest (rd.com, Oct 07 issue).  You can't regulate people's behavior, but you might be able to educate them to want to change behavior.  Good luck.  If you need any additional information, email me at ghoacovenants@sbcglobal.net.