Give Me A Brake

I know this one is going to be unpopular, but I’m not trying to win anything…so here goes…

Last week the Mrs. and I walked to one of the crosswalks in downtown Fairfield and stood there trying to get across the street. It took several minutes to cross.

While technically I am not physically feeble, I am considered to be a senior citizen. I certainly use that when there’s a senior menu. 

Anyway, we stood there while car after car after car zoomed by.

I realize Main and Delaware are both considered state highways. ..but I also know they go through a downtown shopping area.

Not one car considered braking for us in the crosswalk.

They stopped to read a piece of cardboard in a picture window, but they didn’t consider stopping when someone was  trying to get across the street.

Heaven help you if you hit someone like me while I am walking within the safety of a clearly painted crosswalk. Not only will you likely get a ticket, you will likely open yourself to other legal action.

Is it too much to ask us to slow it down in our downtown and consider stopping for people trying to get across the street in a marking crosswalk?

Are we really in that much of a hurry?

The answer, through my personal research, is yes; we are going way too fast downtown and showing no consideration for pedestrians. 

Give me a brake.