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Eddie Bronze · 01-21-2007, 09:26 PM

I'm sure many of you are aware of the accident that happened on 32nd Ave NW last week where a Mom and her daughter were mowed down in a crosswalk. The little girl, 6, was in the Children's hospital and unfortunately, passed away on Saturday. Her mom is still in the hospital, but not in life-threatening condition.

I drive right through this crosswalk every day and so, I know how dangerous it is. I've seen myself, many times, people just blow right through it when someone is waiting to cross. I understand that I'm more aware of it because I travel through this area every day, but it is as poorly a marked crosswalk as there is in this city. There is no way you can tell you are approaching a crosswalk until you get up to it, unless you know it's there to begin with. It needs to be better marked, either with flashing lights or bigger signs, something.

32nd goes through a residential area and along the Northside of the U of C. It's a high volume pedestrian area, but the speed limit is set at 60km/h. So as you can imagine, most people are going 70 down this stretch, and quite frankly, it's not safe. I personally never exceed 60 in this area, and even at that speed, feel I'm going too fast at dawn/dusk. I know it's the responsibility of the driver to drive according to the conditions, but from the amount of deadly accidents we've seen here just withing the past 10 days, it's clear people in this city do not know how to do that. The speed limit needs to be adjusted to 50km/h from Shaganappi to Crowchild, on 32nd. On either side of those major routes, it is 50, so why not in between?

I noticed, yesterday, that a CTV cruiser was set up on 37th St., where it happened, with a camera out, at that intersection. Maybe just taping some b-roll footage of the area, I'm not sure. Maybe, hopefully, they are going to use it in an attempt to have the crosswalk marked better, who knows. Nonetheless, it was a terrible sight to see the scene there on my way home last Thursday. I don't want to see it again, and if there is something small I can do to help set-off a chain reaction to either get the crosswalk marked better, have the speed limit reduced, or both, I'd like to give it a shot. Honestly though, I wouldn't know where to start. The city? The police? I'm sure someone on here knows.

01-21-2007, 09:26 PM	#1
Eddie Bronze Franchise Player Join Date: Aug 2004 Exp:	Getting a speed limit changed/pedestrian lights installed I'm sure many of you are aware of the accident that happened on 32nd Ave NW last week where a Mom and her daughter were mowed down in a crosswalk. The little girl, 6, was in the Children's hospital and unfortunately, passed away on Saturday. Her mom is still in the hospital, but not in life-threatening condition. I drive right through this crosswalk every day and so, I know how dangerous it is. I've seen myself, many times, people just blow right through it when someone is waiting to cross. I understand that I'm more aware of it because I travel through this area every day, but it is as poorly a marked crosswalk as there is in this city. There is no way you can tell you are approaching a crosswalk until you get up to it, unless you know it's there to begin with. It needs to be better marked, either with flashing lights or bigger signs, something. 32nd goes through a residential area and along the Northside of the U of C. It's a high volume pedestrian area, but the speed limit is set at 60km/h. So as you can imagine, most people are going 70 down this stretch, and quite frankly, it's not safe. I personally never exceed 60 in this area, and even at that speed, feel I'm going too fast at dawn/dusk. I know it's the responsibility of the driver to drive according to the conditions, but from the amount of deadly accidents we've seen here just withing the past 10 days, it's clear people in this city do not know how to do that. The speed limit needs to be adjusted to 50km/h from Shaganappi to Crowchild, on 32nd. On either side of those major routes, it is 50, so why not in between? I noticed, yesterday, that a CTV cruiser was set up on 37th St., where it happened, with a camera out, at that intersection. Maybe just taping some b-roll footage of the area, I'm not sure. Maybe, hopefully, they are going to use it in an attempt to have the crosswalk marked better, who knows. Nonetheless, it was a terrible sight to see the scene there on my way home last Thursday. I don't want to see it again, and if there is something small I can do to help set-off a chain reaction to either get the crosswalk marked better, have the speed limit reduced, or both, I'd like to give it a shot. Honestly though, I wouldn't know where to start. The city? The police? I'm sure someone on here knows.