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Dear Mayor,
There is absolute anarchy on our streets. Automobile drivers ignore traffic lights, block crosswalks and sidewalks, and are killing pedestrians with no consequences. Bicyclists mow down senior citizens on our sidewalks. I’ve not seen a single bicyclist ever ticketed for riding on the sidewalk and I have seen police officers riding on the sidewalk setting an example of lawlessness. Pedestrians don’t even slow down when the little red guy starts flashing at them, blocking automobile drivers trying to complete their turns.
This anarchy leads to a total diprespect for law and order. It leads to unnecessary death and injury. Youths see adults disobeying the law and glean that one need not respect the rules.
The first step in reducing violence is to enforce and enforce harshly all of our traffic laws. Automobile drivers, bicyclists, and pedestrians should all be targeted by our law enforcement officers, after some training to teach them the rules! I see police officers parking on sidewalks, running red lights when they have no lights or sire on. I see City workers tax-payer provided cars driving worse than the rest.
Please take action now! It is time to make our laws meaningful, to teach our kids respect for the rules, like them or not, and to reduce the terror our citizens face simply trying to walk to a store or the bus.
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May 28th, 2007 at 2:20 pm
I actually submitted a “pet peeve” about the same topic before seeing this. It truly horrifies me how much complete disregard there is on the streets for safety — and all parties are guilty. Enforecement needs to be beefed up, no question about it. But so does public education and safety measures. In my post, I decried the very sorry state of affairs for cross-walk paint around the city, inadequate signage (and poorly placed and/or not easily viewable signage), and poorly designed intersection stop signs and/or lights. With all the injuries and accidents that take place — not to mention the tremendous road rage that one sees all over the city these days — it really begs the question why the City is not investing more resources and time to deal with this critical, truly life and death issue.