“Why did the chicken cross the road?”/“To get to the other side” is a classic riddle from the 19th century. A child version is:
Q: Why did the child cross the road?
A: Because he wasn’t wearing a seatbelt.
That is, the child was thrown across the road from a car. “Why did the child cross the road? Because he didnt wear a seatbelt” was posted on Reddit—AskReddit on July 17, 2018.
Reddit—AskReddit
Posted by u/TheKingBrycen July 17, 2018
What’s your best dark humor joke?
COMMENTS
MisterLorax
Why did the child cross the road?
Because he didnt wear a seatbelt
Twitter
Bacon
@AgraBacon
Why did the child cross the road?
Because he didn’t wear a seatbelt
4:19 PM · Dec 5, 2019
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Brooke🪬
@OpalTriceratops
Yall 🤣🤣🤣
Caiden literally just looked at me and goes, “why did the child cross the road?”
Me: *puzzled and thinking for 5 minutes* “idk why?”
Him: “because it wasn’t wearing a seatbelt” *straightest face ever*
I start laughing uncontrollably. Im honestly proud of his delivery
3:46 PM · Jul 15, 2020
Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/ajmmv2 July 24, 2020
Why did the child cross the road?
Because he wasn’t wearing a seatbelt
Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/Level_Carob9336 December 2, 2021
Why did the child cross the road?
He wasn’t wearing his seatbelt.
Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/SCPandAnarchy March 14, 2022
Why Did the Child Cross the Road?
Because he didn’t wear the seatbelt.
Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/Proxima-noodle May 23, 2022
Why did the child cross the road?
They didn’t wear a seatbelt…
Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/jack47442-prljavi May 16, 2023
why did a child cross the road?
cause he didnt wear his seatbelt
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
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