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I see bike riders sailing out into the crosswalk as if they have the same right of way as pedestrians. <br><br>Sunil<br><br>> Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 10:32:55 -0400<br>> From: joekc@roadrunner.com<br>> To: bevbafus@verizon.net<br>> CC: vision2020@moscow.com<br>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] one injured in bop-a-student crossing<br>> <br>> This pedestrian crossing is a total mess. The problem is that half the people stop and half of them don't. <br>> <br>> And the kids, thinking they will live forever, cross no matter what!<br>> <br>> You are right, at the very least a traffic light is needed.<br>> <br>> --<br>> Joe Campbell<br>> <br>> ---- Bev Bafus <bevbafus@verizon.net> wrote: <br>> > Sorry for the flip name, but that is what my family calls this very<br>> > dangerous pedestrian crossing. I would like to see the City of Moscow, the<br>> > University of Idaho and the Idaho State Transporation Department work<br>> > together to solve this issue. Ideally, this would involve construction of a<br>> > pedestrian bridge over Highway 8 - or at a bare minimum, a stoplight.<br>> > <br>> > The City created this mess by allowing all the apartments on the north side<br>> > of Highway 8.<br>> > <br>> > Bev Bafus<br>> > <br>> > <br>> > <br>> > <br>> > from the Lewiston Tribune---<br>> > <br>> > UI student seriously injured<br>> > Victim airlifted to Spokane following car-pedestrian accident Tribune<br>> > <br>> > <br>> > Tuesday, September 23, 2008<br>> > <br>> > MOSCOW - A Coeur d'Alene man attending the University of Idaho was severely<br>> > injured when a car hit him in a Moscow crosswalk Monday around noon, the<br>> > Moscow-Pullman Daily News reported.<br>> > <br>> > James R. Hazelton, 20, is listed in satisfactory condition at Sacred Heart<br>> > Medical Center in Spokane, where he was airlifted after the accident, Moscow<br>> > Assistant Police Chief David Duke told the newspaper.<br>> > <br>> > Duke didn't return phone calls from the Lewiston Tribune seeking details on<br>> > the accident. Duke told the Daily News that Pullman resident John P. Hunt,<br>> > 85, struck Hazelton with a 1999 Dodge Intrepid. Hunt was cited for failure<br>> > to yield to a pedestrian.<br>> > <br>> > Off-duty Lewiston Tribune reporter David Johnson was stopped at the<br>> > crosswalk on West Pullman Road at the Stinker gas station and witnessed the<br>> > accident. Johnson said he saw Hazelton enter the crosswalk walking south.<br>> > <br>> > The crosswalk's warning lights had been activated and other motorists had<br>> > stopped, but one car traveling about 30 mph kept going, Johnson said.<br>> > <br>> > "It didn't brake and hit him," he said. "He flew up in the air and<br>> > cartwheeled at least once."<br>> > <br>> > Hazelton landed about 50 feet from where he was hit, said Johnson, who<br>> > immediately called 911 on his cell phone. He said Hunt slowed and turned<br>> > into the Tri-State store parking lot while bystanders and motorists rushed<br>> > to Hazelton's aid.<br>> > <br>> > Johnson said a police motorcycle unit was on the scene in about a minute,<br>> > and was quickly followed by other emergency personnel.<br>> > <br>> > Hazelton suffered massive leg trauma, Duke told the Moscow newspaper. The UI<br>> > directory lists Hazelton as a junior in the School of Journalism and Mass<br>> > Media.<br>> > <br>> > New warning lights and signs were recently installed at the crosswalk to<br>> > help protect pedestrians.<br>> > <br>> > =======================================================<br>> > List services made available by First Step Internet, <br>> > serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. <br>> > http://www.fsr.net <br>> > mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<br>> > =======================================================<br>> <br>> =======================================================<br>> List services made available by First Step Internet, <br>> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. <br>> http://www.fsr.net <br>> mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<br>> =======================================================<br></body>
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