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Comment: Don't make Public Square traffic worse By Joyce Coomer Daddy taught me to jaywalk when I was five or six years old. He explained about crosswalks, traffic lights, turning lanes, parked cars, and a lot of other things. The one thing I remember most distinctly, probably because he repeated it so much, was to NEVER step into a crosswalk, or anywhere, on a city street, or even on a gravel road, without first stopping, looking both ways at least twice (preferably more), and if there was oncoming traffic, DO NOT step into any sort of roadway until the vehicles had either passed by or had come to a complete stop. He also told me that just because a vehicle had stopped, that didn't mean there was no longer any danger of being run over, as either a driver's inattentiveness or vehicular malfunction could come into play. Therefore I was to pay attention to a stopped vehicle while walking in front of it as the driver could think I was already across the road and remove their foot from the brake, or the brakes could fail through no fault of the driver. (I occasionally talk to different people about crossing the square; one gentleman told me of a time when his vehicle suddenly had a mechanical failure and he barely avoided running over someone who was in a crosswalk on the square.) I have driven and walked on the square nearly daily since 1976. I have never had any qualms about walking around the square, as I follow Daddy's instructions. Yes, it is nice that pedestrians have the right of way, but I prefer to rely on myself for my safety, not someone else. I stop, look both ways, and try to always remember to smile and wave at drivers as a "thank you" when they stop to allow me to cross in front of them. As a driver, I am appalled at the number of times I see pedestrians step into the street, never deigning to glance either way, confident that the laws will protect them from injury. I do my best to keep my vehicles in reliable working condition, but that does not mean that something may have been picked up by a tire three miles from town, flung against a brake line, breaking it, and about the time I need to come to a complete stop at a crosswalk, the brakes on the vehicle fail -- an event I did not foresee; hopefully, that never happens, but there are so many ways things can go wrong, that I would rather err on the side of caution. I hope the public square traffic meeting on July 6 doesn't result in traffic snarls and slowing down the flow of traffic around the square. I don't wish anyone to be injured in any way, but please don't make driving around the square any more confusing and irritating for drivers than it already is. This story was posted on 2023-06-27 19:17:03
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