Your Boulevardier's Foolproof Plan for Balancing California's Budget
Step 1: Post a CHP officer at the Redwood Road onramp to westbound I-580.
Step 2: Ticket all motorists who don't yield to pedestrians in in the crosswalk, don't stop for a red light, and/or talk on their phones without using a hands-free device.
Problem solved!
Labels: budgets, CHP, curmudgeon, safety, walking
posted by Your Boulevardier @ 8:54 AM
8 Comments
8 Comments:
Was the CHP officer waiting in the spot you noted in your Ramp to Somewhere post?
I couldn't agree more!! When I do stop for peds and for the red light, sometimes I do get honked at. People are anxious to leave Castro Valley, or go somewhere else, like to the mall!
Jim - Yes, that is the spot, but to clarify: The Boulevardier's plan has not been put into action. Sad to say, but pedestrians who want to walk south on Redwood Road from the BART station take their lives into their own hands.
Carolyn - Thank you for doing so, in spite of the honking. Soon, those heading for the mall will be able to go east on 580 (from Redwood) to Stoneridge. And yet another pedestrian danger zone -- or opportunity for revenue enhancement -- may be created.
They could park anywhere on my street out here in the country and make a fortune.
I see lots of people talking on their cell phones without hands free devices.
It's entertaining to watch cars at stop signs, or at red lights before a right turn. Very few drivers truly stop if they don't have to. Most make a token almost-stop, and some don't do even that much.
On the other side of the coin, one could monitor the street in front of the BART station and nail the hundreds of jaywalkers every morning and afternoon. It's not just the motorists who have difficulty obeying the traffic laws.
M16Murphy is right about pedestrians around BART. Your Boulevardier drives through there early in the morning twice a week, and it sometimes seems like a game of chicken between those on foot and Yours Truly in a vehicle. Still, 35 percent of drivers surveyed did not believe pedestrians have the right-of-way at marked crosswalks. (See http://www.tsc.berkeley.edu/newsletter/winter2006-07/crosswalkwhatyouknow.html.) It's a big problem, and those on foot are at an extreme disadvantage against cars.
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