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<DIV><FONT size=2>Why the hell do you think the oil truck was stopped at a
pedestrian crossing in the first place?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Didn't you read the posting of the law requiring other
vehicles to stop before proceeding when another vehicle is stopped at a
pedestrian crossing?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Please do us all a favor. Stop driving.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>W.</FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=lfalen@turbonet.com href="mailto:lfalen@turbonet.com">lfalen</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=editor@lataheagle.com
href="mailto:editor@lataheagle.com">Kai Eiselein, Editor</A> ; <A
title=joekc@roadrunner.com
href="mailto:joekc@roadrunner.com">joekc@roadrunner.com</A> ; <A
title=bevbafus@verizon.net href="mailto:bevbafus@verizon.net">Bev Bafus</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, September 25, 2008 8:50
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] one injured in
bop-a-student crossing</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>I almost hit a pedestrian the other day on Washington. An oil
truck was stopped in the right lane. I could not see around him. As I pulled
along side of him, two pedestrians stepped in front of me.<BR>I have to
go.Will check other post tomorrow.<BR>Roger<BR>-----Original
message-----<BR>From: "Kai Eiselein, Editor" <A
href="mailto:editor@lataheagle.com">editor@lataheagle.com</A><BR>Date: Tue, 23
Sep 2008 10:03:33 -0700<BR>To: <A
href="mailto:joekc@roadrunner.com">joekc@roadrunner.com</A>, "Bev Bafus"
<A href="mailto:bevbafus@verizon.net">bevbafus@verizon.net</A><BR>Subject: Re:
[Vision2020] one injured in bop-a-student crossing<BR><BR>> It's not the
only place, I've had two close calls on Jackson, in front of <BR>> the DN.
Both times, cars in the left and right lanes stopped, but the car in <BR>>
the center lane didn't. One was a minivan and the woman driving it flipped
<BR>> me off!<BR>> <BR>>
--------------------------------------------------<BR>> From: <<A
href="mailto:joekc@roadrunner.com">joekc@roadrunner.com</A>><BR>> Sent:
Tuesday, September 23, 2008 7:32 AM<BR>> To: "Bev Bafus" <<A
href="mailto:bevbafus@verizon.net">bevbafus@verizon.net</A>><BR>> Cc:
<<A
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A>><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 <BR>> > 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 <<A
href="mailto:bevbafus@verizon.net">bevbafus@verizon.net</A>> 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, <BR>> >> the<BR>> >> University of Idaho
and the Idaho State Transporation Department work<BR>> >> together to
solve this issue. Ideally, this would involve construction <BR>>
>> 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 <BR>> >>
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 <BR>> >> 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 <BR>>
>> Heart<BR>> >> Medical Center in Spokane, where he was
airlifted after the accident, <BR>> >> Moscow<BR>> >>
Assistant Police Chief David Duke told the newspaper.<BR>> >><BR>>
>> Duke didn't return phone calls from the Lewiston Tribune seeking
details <BR>> >> on<BR>> >> the accident. Duke told the
Daily News that Pullman resident John P. <BR>> >> Hunt,<BR>>
>> 85, struck Hazelton with a 1999 Dodge Intrepid. Hunt was cited for
<BR>> >> 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 <BR>> >> 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 <BR>> >> 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 <BR>>
>> 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>>
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