As much as I cherish the time we get together on her rides to and from school, I'd love to know that she could get around safely on her own if she had to. That it doesn't take an angry mom screaming obscenities at drivers to get them to stop for a child in a crosswalk.
@DrTCombs in Great Britain (England, Wales and Scotland - Northern Ireland has different traffic law) pedestrians and vulnerable road users always have priority and you are taught in driving school that you *must* stop for pedestrians and give cyclists room, although even so many motorists only begrudingly do so because they are scared of CCTV cameras and other folks dashcams/bikecams and or being reported or ending up on Nextdoor...
I'm fortunate to have a job that largely lets me set my own work schedule, so that I can be available to escort this kid to and from school every day. I'm in a privileged minority, and it's ridiculous that this is what it takes to keep a kid alive without a car these days.