>PEDESTRIAN SAFETY :Unlike Grand Theft Auto the goal of driving is not to hit other cars and people
Peter Coti
Ridgewood NJ- On Thursday I was walking up Glen avenue, one of the most dangerous roads due to its steepness, curves and lack of sidewalk. I had just passed under the bridge and then I see a completely incompetent teenager who was obviously putting his pedal to the metal. I then put up my arm in a “Sir, your head seems to be up your ass, I advise you to slow down before you kill someone,” manor and what does he do in response? He flips me off. So since he refuses to care about his safety and others I have decided to write him a letter.
To the teenager driving the green late 1990’s BMW:
I know you think you are “hip” and “cool” for driving fast like they do in movies, while in fact you are just a “mindless mingebag”. I could honestly care less about you hurting yourself but I hope you know you are endangering others with your reckless driving. Just because you are speeding on a local road in comparison does not mean you won’t get into a car accident, in fact 88% of car accidents occur on local roads! Did you know that “in 2009, about 3,000 teens in the United States aged 15–19 were killed and more than 350,000 were treated in emergency departments for injuries suffered in motor-vehicle crashes.” 37% of those people who were killed were speeding of their own accord (illegal substances were not a contributing factor.)
Pedestrians cross the streets that you drive on in addition to cars. If you were to hit a car going 60mph it would be less lethal then hitting a pedestrian at 30mph. Unlike Grand Theft Auto the goal of driving is not to hit other cars and people. Do you really want to have to go through life knowing you killed someone while driving?
In conclusion I hope you now to slow down when you drive. BUT if you really want to speed then I advise you to move to a rural area. That way there is a less chance of you surviving and you would hopefully be eliminated from the gene pool which would help benefit humanity.
The RPD needs to step up enforcement on Glen to keep people like you off the roads! In the words of Helen Lovejoy “won’t someone please think of the children.”
