Scarily, red lights are the new green

It seems as though someone changed the meaning of red, green and yellow traffic lights. No one wants to be held up for 25 seconds, so they change the rules to match the size of their foot. Hence, red is the new green.

I counted 28 cars in 15 minutes that couldn’t see themselves waiting for the light to cycle through. The intersection at Hoyt and Hewitt avenues in downtown Everett is a total waste of time and electricity.

Being a pedestrian in Everett is a real gamble some days. Drivers seem to forget that a pedestrian has the right-of-way when they are in a crosswalk, and drivers do not have the right to run over our heels. The law requires you to give us one-half of the next lane, or wait until we have reached the sidewalk. I’ve been hit by a careless driver. It cost his insurance company a lot to pay my bills while I recovered from two broken legs.

To the good (?) people of Lake Stevens who voted to forbid truckers from using their Jake brakes: Those brakes are no where near as loud as one Harley with straight pipes. Yet no one seems to want to say anything about that. Go to Hewitt Avenue between 10 p.m and 2 a.m. when the Harleys with straight pipes race from one red light to the next. Two blocks away from the cop station. I enjoy the sound of a Harley as much as other people, but I find the volume extremely unnecessary. I think that noise defames the Harley “sound.”

Police officers on bicycles should not be on the sidewalk if citizens cannot ride on the sidewalk. The hypocrisy of that situation is laughable.

Do unto others…

Practice courtesy, be nice to your neighbors.

John Sinkunis