You tell me, how many thousands have they spent? And where? Pishioneri is trotting out one anecdotal where he claims he saw some kid getting out of a car( escaping uninjured ) and basing a new policy on that tug at some heartstrings. That is what I find disengenous. Short of slowing traffic with speed bumps, putting in pedestrian bridges or some such, there is no rectifying it. But that costs real money and drivers don't want to be slowed down and/or pay better attention to the road, etc. etc.  so it is what it is. Sorry if that annoys you.