photos courtesy of Boyd Loving’s Facebook Page
Fair Lawn Grandmother and Grandsons stuck Vehicle Crossing Fair Lawn Avenue
July 3,2016
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Fair Lawn NJ, A 64 year old grandmother and her 11 and 8 year old grandsons were all struck by a vehicle while crossing Fair Lawn Avenue near Chandler Drive in Fair Lawn at approximately 11:15 am on Friday, 07/01. All three (3) victims were transported by an ambulance to The Valley Hospital with non life threatening injuries. The driver of the vehicle involved, a Volvo SUV, stayed at the scene and was cooperating with investigating police officers.
Too many distractions texts phones high fidelity quad radios blasting etc
I sat at the top of East Ridgewood Avenue this beautiful Sunday morning enjoying some time on a bench with my granddaughter, drinking iced coffee and a blueberry coolatta. She noticed that cars were not stopping at the stop sign heading south on Broad Street at the Ridgewood Avenue “T” by the train station parking lot. She is 6 years old and was disturbed by this. So we counted 40 cars passing through. Out of 40 cars, 28 of them rolled through the stop sign without stopping. Only 12 actually stopped. And all the while people were crossing on foot, pushing strollers, on bicycles, etc. So dangerous. And mind you, this was on a Sunday morning from about 9:00 – 9:15. What must this be like on a busy weekday when the trains are coming and going, when commuters are rushing about, when people are trying to get their kids to school, and so on. I suggested that we tell a police officer but she was afraid to get the police in trouble for not doing their job of ticketing these drivers.
These crazy kids with their Hi-Fis !!
Its the Devil’s music
Now when the light turns green, you need to beep at the car in front of you, so they will get off their phone and go.
It’s the Devils music if you happen to hear it from underneath their wheels
Because
at that point you and your children are likely in serious trouble.its a police and criminal driving behavior issue.TRAIN STATION
Area Should be first red zone policing priority.
Hard to make jokes when you see that young boy down on the ground.