I explicitly said that the parents were not at fault.

I just think that leaving a 2 year old unsupervised on the road for more than a few seconds is careless, that is assuming that there were no extenuating circumstances that caused it. If we get more info showing that there was a valid reason why the parents left their child wandering like that, then I would gladly take back what I said about them being careless.

@Kraco - I think statistics on safety depend on the place. I can definitely say that leaving a toddler unsupervised for a few minutes on the urban roads of my country will almost surely cause severe injury or death. Traffic laws hardly matter here.