Don't send your kids to Burell or Lakeland. They're hellholes

There is no do all fix all. It's a solution in response to an issue, yes. The response is, if you ruin someone else's life, be it on purpose or otherwise, it's going to ruin yours. It means "if you don't train your dog, there are major consequences." This isn't gonna be able to be handled by just speaking to one another. Action will need to be taken. People need to be punished. When there is a major consequence to certain things, people tend to work around those things to avoid the consequences. In this particular case, intentionally finding workarounds to having a properly trained dog is commonplace. Thankfully, dogs make it known very quickly without any owner intervention if they are well trained or not. Anyone who has been around 100+ dogs a day knows that, too. (This is not to suggest you don't know that information) If a dog is well-trained, no one bats an eye, if you hear insane amounts of barking and notice your neighbors dog is essentially trying to shatter their living room window to get to some kids playing? THATS FUCKING DANGEROUS MY GUY

I'm not saying I know all the answers or even that you were asking for any from me. I'm just saying that holding people accountable after the fact is a start.

An attempt to address the issue:

Start placing the punishment onto the owners as if they had committed this crime against kids themselves. It'd quickly become a harsh, sharp reality check on what happens when you don't watch your dogs or train them. We are responsible as adults for who and what we choose to live alongside. If you buy a pet and they're essentially a stranger to you, don't turn them fucking loose until they aren't a stranger to you. Get to know your dogs, and train them. It's insane to me how many people have dogs that will literally wreck the fucking house at the sound of a doorbell. This is not okay behavior. Most of the time, it's almost pathetic, too. People who let animals walk all over them are sad, sad people and need to get a fucking reality check. This "la la fun fun doggy play time" mentality needs to fucking stop if we're not even gonna sprinkle the teensiest bit of sensibility into the mix. I've already been bitten four times because of liars. It needs to stop.

edit: When I delivered for fedex, some of these bastard customers KNEW their dogs were violent and would straight-up lie. That is literally shirking your responsibilities . Literally. And it's fucking reprehensible.

I can tell you've become emotionally attached to this, so to give a tidbit of advice, if you know anyone or can think of a single person you might care even a little about that would do this-

They might not be aware of how unsafe it is. Empathy includes hard truths. Hard truths like "grandma, you could hurt yourself or others." Hard truths like "If you can't focus good, grandpa, how can you drive safely?"

Again, I reiterate: IF YOU ARE INCAPABLE OF FOLLOWING ROAD LAWS, DRIVING SAFELY FROM ONE POINT TO ANOTHER, KEEPING TO OR NEAR POSTED SPEED LIMITS, YOU SHOULD NOT BE BEHIND THE WHEEL. KEY EMPHASIS ON INCAPABLE

Edit: empathy also includes mutual awareness of what is lawful and what is not. I cannot empathize with someone who chooses to break the law repeatedly.

To the people defending the idiot in the red car here, I'm gonna go ahead and tell you right off that if you have any sort of empathy for this person, like actual empathy, you'd recognize the need for them to understand why this shouldn't be happening. Ridiculous comments like "Why take a photo?" Here's a good reason why: People are fed up with this shit because it is dangerous. I slow down for seemingly empty lights that I have green on, like a motorcyclist, because of the stupid shit I've seen in Springfield. Mostly from unaware drivers. Not trying to be discriminatory, but I also see a fuck load of elderly people death gripping the wheel and doing 20 mph under. Coming from a generation that was incessantly told how to behave 'correctly' by that age group. It's absolutely infuriating because they're putting themselves at risk, and basically saying 'fuck everyone else's safety, i have to get my groceries!'. It is incorrect behavior to turn the road into your own personal playground. If something is disabling you, it sucks. I know it does. Lots of my family are disabled and it makes life very difficult. But if you are incapable of driving safely, and you go out and drive anyway? That's wrong. Akin to drinking and driving. Some may see 'a guy who made a mistake'. How would a cop see this? 'An impaired driver'.

IF YOU ARE INCAPABLE OF FOLLOWING THE EXTREMELY SIMPLY ROAD LAWS AND LANE MARKERS, OR NAVIGATING THE ROADS AT OR NEAR THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT, YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE BEHIND THE WHEEL. EMPHASIS ON 'INCAPABLE'