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One Winnipeg mother says she’s fed up of fearing for the safety of her son every day they head to daycare.

And that fear has led the family to make the tough decision to move out of the city later this year after too many close calls at a pedestrian crosswalk near her son’s daycare.

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Alisa Thompson and her six-year-old son Parker attempt to cross a busy Watt Street every weekday at an unlit pedestrian crosswalk. And every weekday she says she has to put her life in the hands of drivers unwilling to slow down.

“We’ve had enough,” said Thompson, who moved to Winnipeg from Lockport seven years ago. “I feel much safer raising my son out in the country. There are fewer people, it’s less busy. Everyone here is in such a rush.”

Often, she says, she has to step out in front of traffic to get cars to slow down.

“I can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen parents and kids nearly get hit,” she said. “Sometimes cars just speed around me, other times they stop but they’re mad. My son and I get the finger a lot.”