The car accidents that occur in the main streets of Lawrence have made us reflect.
The driver pays for the driver’s license. Pays the insurance. Pays for the license plate of the car he drives. Pays taxes for having a vehicle rolling and for the fuel it consumes. In other words, pays to drive on the street. The street belongs to the drivers!
After saying this, we want to make it clear that this property does not entitle the driver to violate the traffic rules and one of them is speeding. If you want to check it out, take a walk on Mt. Vernon St. where the limit is posted at 30 miles per hour. The car behind you, in some cases, does not consider it that way and starts to hit the horn. If you do not increase the speed, he will pass you even if he has to cross the double yellow line, risking your life, his own and the one who may be coming in the opposite direction.
A relief, for those desperate drivers who travel along the mentioned street from the east to west direction, before approaching Beacon St. they arrive at McCarthy Rd, and make a right turn at high speed to beat the traffic taking a right at Beacon St., not caring that they are endangering the lives of children or animals, who may be crossing the street. This short street should be one way.
But not only the driver has responsibilities, the pedestrian also has them. There is no doubt that the sidewalk belongs to the pedestrian, for free. You have every right to walk on it, sit on it or on a bench, but before setting foot on the street, you must make sure that you can do it safely.
There are many who, confident that the law protects them with lines on the street, leave their safe zone and throw themselves across without looking at the street rather, since some are looking at the cell phone screen putting their lives in the hands of the driver, who as a human being, needs time to react. We are concerned about the contempt and challenge that some show towards drivers who do not stop instantly, when doing so.
Please! If you are a pedestrian, be extremely careful when crossing the street. You do not know if the driver of the car coming your way is the one that gives way to children, women, men, elderly and all kinds of animals. That driver may be different, one who does not respect traffic rules, who may be asleep, drunk or entertained talking on the cell phone.
It has been proven, a collision between a vehicle and a pedestrian, most of the time it is fatal for the latter. The driver may be found guilty, but he is alive.
You… well, God save your soul!
