Ha, Old People Don’t Have Time To Cross Street

A new study from AAA says that traffic signals change too quickly for old people to cross the street. As a young person, I only have one response: Ha ha ha you may have Social Security and pensions and money and no work to do and have led a good life but at least I can cross the street in a timely manner! Score one for young people!

According to The Intelligencer, the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety found that old people walk 0.5 to 0.8 feet per second slower than young people, making them unable to cross the street without a car running over them. (Unfunny fact: Actually, 170 pedestrians died in the state last year; a third were over 60.)

But, for the most part, this just inconveniences old people while we all run across the street 20 times before they get to the center median.

Study: Traffic signals change too quickly for some seniors [Doylestown Intelligencer]

Pedestrians Get In Way Of People Going 70

A letter in this week’s Northeast Times — yes, we’re back to this shtick again — talks about the traffic on Roosevelt Boulevard. And guess what the problem is? Pedestrians!

While traveling north on Roosevelt Boulevard from Hunting Park, I wondered if the so-called “Safety Corridor” included pedestrians unlawfully crossing against lights and playing “chicken,” etc.

Is this “Targeted Enforcement Area” aimed only at drivers who mistakenly run yellow/red traffic lights? Surely, PennDOT can install cameras that encompass the whole terrain (medians included), so that fines can be levied toward the folks who choose to roam the Boulevard at night, ignoring traffic laws.

Ahh, yes, all those pedestrians playing chicken. That was a fine game we played as kids!

Let’s get the pedestrians, too [Northeast TImes]