Description
I routinely cross Bridge St at this intersection with my young child at about 820 every morning. Two days ago we were nearly hit by a car in the crosswalk in that the bumper made contact with my purse inside the crosswalk --- while we had the crosslight. Then today cars blocked the crosswalk during a red light, making it difficult for me to safely cross the street in the time allotted by the crosslight.
This intersection needs some immediate TLC either in the form of a barrel in the middle of the crosswalk reminding drivers there is a crosswalk or in the form of police monitoring the traffic for a few days. Drivers need reminding that the road needs to be shared with pedestrians and they need to not block or enter the crosswalks when they have a red light and pedestrians have the crosslight.
Thank you.
*Editing to clarify the issue is in crossing Bridge St from the St. Peter street side to the apartment complex side.
10 Comments
Elysia (Registered User)
dog walker (Guest)
Liz M (Registered User)
Closed Drift (Registered User)
Reopened Drift (Registered User)
Mayor's Office (Verified Official)
Acknowledged Mayor's Office (Verified Official)
EagleEye (Registered User)
Of my 10-times crossing each week I see people run the lights an average of 4 times! 4 out of 10 and I'm just one person. Please do something about these careless drivers!
Barbara P (Registered User)
Closed Salem Police Department (Verified Official)