THE WISDOM OF HAVING LOOKOUTS

I AM quite fond of kids. Even have a couple myself, though in all fairness they’re adults now with kids of their own. I digress. As I said, I don’t mind kids.

However on two separate occasions recently I have driven around a corner to be confronted by a group of kidsquite young - playing in the road. The games must have been quite strenuous as one lad was even lying down resting in the middle of the road. No parents in sight though in all fairness they may have been supervising from inside a nearby air-conditioned living room. It was quite hot. Kids didn’t seem to mind.

Now I know it’s school holidays and I love seeing young ones outside doing physical stuff instead of being glued to their devices. I also understand some games just demand a nice hard flat surface, like a road