Archive for Sunday, May 17, 2009
Cindy Wither: Make walking safer
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Steamboat Springs — The sadness of the loss of Bob Bear will be felt by all of us for a long time - his family, friends and students. Bob was tragically hit last week when crossing U.S. Highway 40 at Pine Grove Road.
As George Tolles states in his letter to the editor May 13, that crosswalk is terribly dangerous, and for future safety, it needs to be remedied. But any crosswalk is only as safe as the awareness of the drivers going through it. The driver who hit Bob was turning right on a red light, and I'm sure he greatly regrets that he did not consciously look long enough to his right to see Bob.
Senior citizens and children need extra time and our conscious attention to safely cross the streets. My 93-year-old mother-in-law loves to walk, and making it across crosswalks is a challenge. When the walk light comes on and the seconds start to tick away, she quickly gets started, watching the pavement to stay steady and going as fast as she can to make it across in 22 seconds.
In our daily rushing around, how many times have we all pulled up to a stoplight to turn right, stopped, looked left to see if any cars are coming, and then turned right? We all need to take a few more seconds, looking left and right before we turn into a crosswalk. Steamboat is a wonderful place to walk with great walking paths, marked crosswalks and beautiful scenery. We drivers need to take the time to keep it safe for all of us to walk.
Cindy Wither
Steamboat Springs
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