Four-year-old Moshe Englander was killed by the truck pictured above as he rode a tricycle in Brooklyn. The driver apparently could not see a boy whose head barely reached the bumper.
But the driver might well have seen Moses had the truck been equipped with a mirror that showed the pavement directly in front of the truck. This is called a crossover mirror.
School buses have them. City Hall has long asked Albany to require them on big trucks. But the industry cried about expense, and the Legislature balked.
The cost of each mirror, installed, is roughly $100. The cost of inaction was Moses’ life.
{NY Daily News/Matzav.com Newscenter}
Should we allow our little kids to ride a tricycle in a Brooklyn (or any busy big city) street?
RAM of course not, but if a kid ends up in the street the mirror is a life saver.
check your facts. He was on the side walk
YES they should be a regulation. of course. Its an area which is populated with families including small children, of course it makes sense.
Original report said (I think)that trucked “backed out” and didn’t see child. Now we are talking about him driving out frontwards? What would mirror help if it were backing out?
Sorry the truck was not backing. He was coming frontwards. Sorry.
Monday morning quaterbacking can not help now