Are Crosswalk Laws Too Lenient?
Violating the state's crosswalk law can get you fined $200. Is that enough of a deterrent?
On Sunday, an elderly man was struck by a car while trying to use a crosswalk in downtown Peabody. He later died at the hospital. Peabody is one of the area cities that routinely deploys a police officer in its downtown to monitor traffic and help pedestrians cross four lanes of traffic on Main Street – and not much gets past him. But that’s just one officer, part-time, occasionally accompanied by another officer on a motorcycle, watching one busy crosswalk just up from Peabody Square. In fact, about a quarter of a mile down Main Street at another busy intersection, a 63-year old woman was struck and killed by a car back in September of 2011. That accident occurred around 6 a.m., and there was no detail officer nearby. Of course, …
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Liz
1:22 pm on Friday, February 1, 2013
Oh but they have stickers! I love it when I see a vehicle with a "Slow down for Allie" sticker speeding through residential neighborhoods, not yielding to pedestrians, or going around me when I am. A lot of folks on the north shore are inconsiderate hypocrites. more ›