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Nearly Killed
I am a crossing guard at Lawrenceville Road. I, well I just about got killed this morning because drivers ignore my sign when I tell them to stop. If it wasn’t the good training I got from the police department I would have gotten killed. This driver was on a cell phone and driving 50 miles an hour when he passed right by me. I want people to realize how important it is to slow down and try to pay attention when the crossing guards are out there trying to get the kids across.
Troubled
Now, you see here’s something police can do something about. Forget speed traps; set up “busting through crosswalk” traps. Would actually save lives.— Ed. Note
posted by Trentonian Editor at
1:38 PM
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A man was killed in Lawrence while working as a crossing guard. He was struck by a car and died a short time later. It was around Valentine's day about 5 years ago.
...shoulda got his tag number and reported him to the police. A nice visit to the Lawrence Twp. traffic court might teach him a lesson. People driving while talking on a cell are as bad as people driving while slugging a Bud (liquid or botanical)
And years ago, one of the dearest women in world, an active citizen and Lawrence Twp. school crossing guard was hit at her post--the trauma to her body and nervous system never went away and I understand she received inadequate compensation.
How is it that some communities are able to maintain the safety at their crosswalks and Lawrence is not?
I know 206 is a state road--please tell me there has been enough time for the Twp and the State to get together to resolve this serious safety issue. The difficulty crossing this road inhibits pedestrian travel [[and (I believe) real development of commercial potential. Parking can be limited, but if pedestrians can safely get around--people can come from all over to get to a business, and they can stop in and patronize a business without a parking spot.]].
What about the High Schools--Lawrence High, Notre Dame and the Lawrenceville School(which may have limited day students, limited drivers, I don't know)--I once stopped for an elementary school boy who had arrived at the crosswalk in front of me, only to watch 5 (count'em, 5!) drivers take their cars to the left (over a double yellow line) and to the right (in the shoulder, over the solid white line) of me in my idling car. At least 3 of these drivers appeared to me to be of a high school age.
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