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Inside Geneva: Jeff Ward
Jeff Ward: Our New Pedestrian Crosswalk Law Ain't Working!
Cross the street in Geneva at your own risk!
It ain’t working! All you have to do is drive down Third Street on any sunny afternoon, and you can see it for yourself. Oblivious to anything but their incessant and inane cell-phone conversations, the vast majority of motorists fail to notice even the sweetest of little old ladies trying in vain to cross the street. And it ain’t working despite Geneva’s best efforts to get the word out. What’s even worse is, those attempts to enlighten the motoring public may inadvertently be causing more problems than they solve. Some drivers inexplicably take those Third Street signs alerting them to “stop for pedestrians in crosswalks” as the equivalent of four-way stop signs. In fact, in the last two months, I’ve been twice forced to come to a …
Debby Becker
9:21 pm on Wednesday, September 21, 2011
My husband and son almost witnessed a teenage girl get hit while crossing State Street at Fourth St. She apparently thought that traffic was stopped but did not see the car coming in the far lane. The car slammed on the brakes and she jumped to the side and all was well but I am sure both of them were a little shaky. I know it scared them. I myself was stopped on State for not seeing a pedestrian… more ›