Hi all - and especially Cmdr Brackney - I was at the Dilworth holiday concert last night with my kids. Great show. I took their hands and we had just started to cross Collins on the Dilworth side of Stanton - when a fairly ratty old sedan sped up, blew through the crosswalk and stop sign, and stopped halfway into Stanton - missing my kids and I by about a foot (and clearly going faster than the speed limit). Being a mama bear, I blurted out a "Hey! Watch it!" without really thinking about whether it was a good idea. The driver, an early 20s male, leaned over his passenger and screamed at me to F off, called me a f-in you know what, my fault for walking in front of his god**** car, then leaned out pointed at my kids and said "F*** you, and F*** you, and F*** yo mama!" I probably don't need to go into the effect this had on my kids. OK. Learned my lesson. Bite tongue when dealing with nearly being killed by speeding driver who blows through stop sign. No need to castigate me offlist for bad judgment. But frankly, the traffic around Dilworth is a dangerous thing on any given day, and this is just the latest near miss. Furthermore, there were hundreds of folks - with lots of young children - pouring out of the building. It could have happened to anyone. This traffic area has been a frequent topic of discussion on this list and at our PTA meetings - as have drivers like this guy. What - if anything - can be done? Helen