Curb dangerous driving
Jim Hogan
Graduate Student
With the resumption of classes, we again see an increase in morning traffic on Bulla Road. If you have ever driven along Bulla Road at 8 a.m. in the morning, you know what I am talking about. Please resist the temptation to gun it the last half mile to the campus after you escape the gravel mess on Bulla Road.
For those that do not know it, ECDC (a child care center) is on the corner of Bulla Road and the edge of campus. Parents have in the past taken their small children to childcare by bike and will probably continue to do so while the weather remains nice. A small child lives in Wilson Commons across from ECDC. Student and staff pedestrian and bike traffic comes in from Campus View. Last of all, we graduate students in Fischer Graduate Residences have to navigate the corners of Bulla, Leahy and Wilson Roads.
A new crosswalk has been painted across Bulla Road. (Thank you Officer Hurley.) However, we still have to go West, particularly across Leahy and Wilson, where campus drivers hang a left and a quick right, presumably to avoid the lights on Juniper Ave. When drivers are doing this at 25 miles an hour, it leaves pedestrians less than three seconds to figure out what the drivers are doing along this 150 feet of road. On a Monday morning with no coffee, that is a short three seconds. Please drive safely, our health insurance is not that good.
Jim Hogan
Graduate Student
Fischer Graduate Residences
August 27, 2000
All Viewpoint Stories for Monday, August 28, 2000
