Thanks to Herald writer Ben Watanabe for his reporting on pedestrian deaths in the April 29 issue.
I’m a senior, and recently due to the loss of a vehicle I drove for many years, I have had to take other transportation.
Sometimes, I do have to cross the street on foot, and there’s two things I’ve noticed:
• It’s not at all rare that the time limit for pedestrian crossings is way too limited — even for people who are younger. I’m referring to the light that flashes/green/yellow/red & has a kind of stick figure for pedestrian crossings. I could be wrong but I’m not sure that all crossings even have a stick figure for safe pedestrian crossings.
• The other day I noticed another hazardous condition: if a vehicle is coming up even a slight hill in the road, just seeing the vehicle as a pedestrian becomes problematic, i.e. the car has extra time to move along without a pedestrian seeing it from afar (i.e. on its way up the hill).
I’ve tried to cross on foot big streets in Everett (Everett Mall Way and Evergreen Way), and yes, they’re terribly dangerous. The situation isn’t much better in surrounding communities/cities (i.e. Lynnwood, Edmonds and Mountlake Terrace).
Colleen Roach
Mountlake Terrace
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