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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 11, 1995)
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Hall West Page 6 • The Battalion Walkers be Campus Wednesday • October 1| wary of wayward wheel □ Traffic safety on campus begins with people being aware of their surroundings, UPD officers said. By Michelle Lyons The Battalion Since January, there have been 14 report ed cases of accidents involving pedestrians on and around the Texas A&M campus, Uni versity Police Department records show. Sgt. Betty Lemay of the UPD Crime Pre vention Unit said pedestrians need to take certain precautions. “The thing that I especially notice is that pedestrians take it for granted the car is go ing to stop when they are in the crosswalk,” Lemay said. “They never look up and end up walking out in front of 3,000 pounds of steel. “Just because there’s a crosswalk doesn’t mean you have the right of way.” Lemay said there are many reasons a pedestrian should not assume a driver will stop for a crosswalk, including brake fail ure and simply not seeing the pedestrian trying to cross. Neither the driver, nor the pedestrian should assume what the other will do, Lemay said. “Common courtesy is the best rule,” she said. “You need to make eye contact with the driver to see what they are going to do.” Lt. Bert Kretzschmar of the UPD Crime Prevention Unit explained the problem. “On campus, there are three groups of people: pedestrians, people on bicycles and people in cars,” Kretzschmar said, “and they are all vying for the same road space.” Slew Milne, Inti!’- Motorists, pedestrians and bicyclists converge on the intersection of Ireland and Rossfe More accidents occur between classes because the roads are congested. Kretzschmar said the accidents were not just limited to car and pedestrian accidents. “We get bicycles hitting bicycles and bicycles hitting pedestrians,” he said. “A person will be riding a bicycle in the bike lane, and a pedestri an will step out, and the two will collide.” Accidents are particularly bad when classes are changing, Kretzschmar said, be cause sidewalks and streets become more congested. He explained that many problems could be avoided. “One thing I’ve seen about pedestrians is that they don’t walk with their head up,” he said. “They get so preoccupied with school and other things that they don’t stop to think, ‘Gee whiz, if I walk out in the middle of the street, I may get hurt.’ “People need to realize that there are laws for cars, laws for bicycles, and there are laws for pedestrians. You also have to keep cour tesy in mind." ' Bob Wiatt, UPD director, said pedesu can avoid being hurt. “No. 1, they need to be aware of te roundings,” Wiatt said. “We havehorai people moving around — there ism?’ less a convergence of pedestrians,bira cars and trucks. “Pedestrians are certainly most win ble, then the bicyclist, then the driver.! cept maybe from a lawsuit.” Wiatt said one of the problems isshii: do not heed crosswalks. “There are crosswalks in variouspb all around campus,” he said. “[Students]! stagger out into the street anywherel bunch of cattle leaving a pen.” Besides being courteous and aw pedestrians need to use commonsia Wiatt said. Professor Smith ton speak seven languages* Now he's fluent in life insurante. Today, every educator should get an education in life insurance. Call the TIM Life Insurance Planning Center. Weekdays, SAM to 8PM, E.S.T. 1800223-1200 Dept. 726 This offer is available to faculty, staff, administrators and their spouses. 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