road rage

[Dodgy Bob]

People (*cough* mainly women *cough*) who insist on putting children and babies in on the roadside! No excuses its just sheer stupidity and laziness!

Laziness how exactly? And what's the difference between that and an adult/driver getting in on that side? If a car door's open, avoid it, simple. Is a driver lazy for getting in on that side when they should avoid
using the offside doors and climb over from the nearside?

Silly drivers.

Laziness for the sake of the safety of ones child! A lot safer to just lean over one seat to secure your kid in a car seat rather than walk out into the road oblivious, kid in one arm, bags in another, keys in their gob, swing door open without even looking, stepping further into the traffic while they juggle the kid, bags, etc. Just sheer stupidity in my opinion just for the sake of leaning over one seat from kerbside without causing a obstruction or having cars barreling past at god know what speed, who may or may not be paying attention / texting / on the phone. It's a child's life they're putting at risk! Hardly comparable to able-bodied person making a conscious decision as driver or passenger to get in from the roadside at least they look before they open the door.

Right but you've just contradicted yourself there, the issue is with the shit driver not paying attention surely?

We're all taught to read hazards in the road. Anything from an oncoming Police car, to a deer running across the road, or a parent putting their child in the car.

You can't just ban people from using roadside doors because drivers might not see them? Why is it a pet hate that people do this, are you one of those drivers that would rather text than watch the road?

Where's the contradiction? Although its each to their own, in my opinion I view it as a needless risk to a child due to the potential of one of those "shit drivers" coming along just because they've been taught to look out for such hazards doesn't mean they ever do. I'm out and about all day every day and come across so many people who don't even give a glance before they march out into the road with a child to put them in on the roadside, and over time and as a parent it's just become one of those things that bug me, I'm not suggesting to ban the use of roadside doors that's just plain daft, I just feel that to take a such a needless risk with the most precious thing in your life is plain daft when there's a much safer alternative kerbside.
And as for drivers on mobile phones, stupid, selfish and deserve everything they get (although they rarely ever do) and should a driver ever cause the death of another person whilst on the phone, lock them in a room with that persons family so they can explain why their call or text was more important than their loved-ones life and get whatever ass-whooping that persons family feel nessacery.