Using the pedestrian crossing
published: Friday | September 24, 2004

THE EDITOR, Sir:

I would like to categorically state one of the reasons why pedestrians in Jamaica are so often hit by motor vehicles ­ it is simply because they have no clue how to cross a road safely! These pedestrians include ADULTS (who should know better) who I have seen on numerous occasions crossing a road at a corner!

Pedestrians PLEASE, we cannot see you until it is too late, then we have to slam on our brakes and then we end up getting hit in the back. A good rule of thumb would be to line yourself up with the stop sign/light on the road facing you. If there is no stop sign, imagine one is there, walk a few feet to your left or right as the case may be, and then look both ways before crossing.

Mr. Editor, please also allow me space to inform our motorists, that when a pedestrian crossing - controlled by a traffic light - is not working, once a person is in the pedestrian crossing, they have the right of way, and must be allowed passage. And my final comments to motorists, when traffic lights at intersections are not working and are not being monitored by the police, it automatically becomes a four-way stop. This means that whoever gets to the stop light first has the right of way.

I am, etc.,

S. HECTOR

lovetoread2@mail.com

Kingston 6