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Billy Joe Fudge: Yesterday, woman almost run down in crosswalk Just a matter of time till tragedy strikes again: At that time, our public officials will lament the tragedy and commit to correcting the deficiencies of our Downtown Roundabout. At that time, we all will mourn the loss of a friend, neighbor and family member. At that time, we will seek to justify those involved as blameless because of the "situation" in our Downtown. At that time, we will all seek to forgive and forget those from the past who failed to attend to the safety issues of their day which led to the present day "situation." - BILLY JOE FUDGE By Billy Joe Fudge Commentary endorsed by ColumbiaMagazine.com I sometimes feel like "the voice of one crying in the wilderness." However this is not about me. I have no agenda. I'm not running for office and I have no aspirations to be lauded as some "bigger than life" public figure. Just wanted to get that out of the way in the beginning. Yesterday, a lady was nearly run down on the Campbellsville Street crosswalk. In a maze of semi trucks, concrete trucks, cars and pickups whizzing onto, around and off our Downtown Square, a pickup pulling a flatbed trailer came off the Square onto Campbellsville Street, while a lady was clearly nearly halfway across the crosswalk. The gentleman driving the truck not only did not stop for the lady to cross but never even slowed down and in my personal opinion was actually accelerating upon entering, crossing and departing the crosswalk area. Just a matter of time till tragedy strikes again: At that time, our public officials will lament the tragedy and commit to correcting the deficiencies of our Downtown Roundabout. At that time, we all will mourn the loss of a friend, neighbor and family member. At that time, we will seek to justify those involved as blameless because of the "situation" in our Downtown. At that time, we will all seek to forgive and forget those from the past who failed to attend to the safety issues of their day which led to the present day "situation." As a wildland firefighter, I was trained to attend to "watch-out situations" which could lead to injury or death for my fellow firefighters and of course, me. I was taught to constantly communicate with all those involved in order to not allow ourselves to be involved in "compromising situations." Downtown Columbia is a "watch-out situation." Please, pay attention. - BJF This story was posted on 2014-08-07 08:21:05
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