No way you can blame this on the parents, you serious...Of course if it was my kid I'd feel guilty as hell......A 3 year old running around the nieghborhood by himself is a totally different thing than a 3 year old in the company of a large number of adults at a "gathering".....
Kids can and do bolt away. Go get yourself one and you'll see...
It was a block party with lots of people standing around, something that would make the normal driver SLOW DOWN!
Speed limits of 30 or less in neighborhoods is specifically designed to allow drivers to see, react, and stop in cases of kids running out in the street.....
Dickhead riding wheelies in the hood wasn't doing no damn 30 or less, he was crying out for attention in a "look at me" fashion and killed someone cause of it.......
If the rules of the road are being followed then you couldn't commit suicide by running out in front of a moving car in these neighborhoods, speed is too slow and driver stops..It's that simple to me.....