Comments for Child Labor and Violence Explain Low School Attendance in Brazil at http://www.brazzilmag.com , comment 0 to 5 out of 5 comments http://www.brazzilmag.com Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:43:32 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/9830/1/#pc_16521 Evidently jaywalking is common among the common people of Latin America. I think the reason is that not many motorists (except idiots like me) care to stop at a pedestrian Crossing to let the people cross the street. It is therefore safer to jaywalk and cross the road between two intersections, after ensuring that the traffic is clear on both sides. I don't know how it is in the city where you live, but here the most dangerous ones are the motor cyclists who neither obey the traffic lights nor the pedestrian X-sings. Recently, I started observing that even the Cop cars also do not stop for the pedestrians! - João da Silva Sun, 31 Aug 2008 17:16:16 +0100 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/9830/1/#pc_16519 Yes, certainly. In California it´s no joke. In the last 50 miles south to the Mexican border on Hiway 101, there are illustrated signs warning motorists of people running across the highway. Those signs show a man, a woman, and a kid, I think. Portraying the dear Mexican people. Evidently jaywalking is common among the common people of Latin America. But in California a driver is required by law to come to a halt, screeching or otherwise, whether on the highway or on a city street, to let pedestrians cross to the other side unmolested. The fine for jaywalking for an adult in California is over $100, up to over $130. Whether illegals are ticketed, I don´t know. - Ric Sun, 31 Aug 2008 15:02:10 +0100 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/9830/1/#pc_16515 While you are at it, make jaywalking a crime "Jaywalking" ? I had almost forgotten this word. Thanks for refreshing my memory! - João da Silva Sat, 30 Aug 2008 23:18:24 +0100 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/9830/1/#pc_16513 Make truancy (playing hooky, or hookey) a crime. In most civilized societies it already is. While you are at it, make jaywalking a crime. Protect the kids on their way to school. - Ric Sat, 30 Aug 2008 21:25:10 +0100 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/9830/1/#pc_16495 Has Bin the Crook not said this was eliminated ? And stats in the article simply cant be correct for the simple reason there are several millions children working in Brazil and at least a million of street children. Therefore they are NOT IN SCHOOL !!!!! Simple demonstration how cheaters and liars continue to cheat and lie on a daily basis ! - ch.c. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:13:01 +0100