Rt. 5 St. Mary's City
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PrepH4U
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Yep at the main crosswalk.
aps45819
24/7 Single Dad
Not surprised.
The students seem to think those painted strips are some sort of magic talisman that will stop a car.
terbear1225
Well-Known Member
could have been someone without their lights on or speeding. yes, there are students who are not exactly careful but there are also some pretty bad drivers out there.
GWguy
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Someone will do *anything* to get a damn crosswalk.
Call me cynical, but the same thought crossed my mind.
Wait and see how many accidents happen after they move on to the ship... Wonder if they ever learned "look both ways before crossing the street"??
GWguy
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As I now frequent Cooks, I see how much alcohol is bought there by students and have to wonder if the pedestrian was operating under impaired judgement.
Friday night? In a remote town with nothing to do? Students turning to alkyhol?
Not possible.
Very sorry to hear about this. I hope all parties involved are okay. About two months ago Chip Jackson from St. Mary's College was invited to provide the CDA presentation of the 3 different ideas how to change the crosswalk area at SMC to the St. Mary's County Highway Safety Committee. This meeting has been scheduled for November 18th. In the nearly 100 years of the existence of SMC, there has been no recorded accidents at or near any of these crosswalks. That is not until now. It is interesting that there hasn't been a pedestrian accident at this location in nearly 100 years and then less than 3 weeks before the meeting with the County Highway Safety Committee; all of a sudden a pedestrian accident occurs. Now, that's what I call timing! The proposed changes will cost taxpayers from $700,000.00 to 1.3 million. At 8:38 AM on Saturday morning, in the rain, the State Police were working directional radar near Queen Anne dorm on Route 5. This is located just before the first crosswalk as you come in to SMC from the north. I would expect MSP to be at this location on and off for at least the next few days.
I noticed this morning that for some reason St. Mary's College either turned off, or did not repair one of their lights which illuminated the primary crosswalk at the College. This light happens to be on the side where students quickly come down the hill toward the crosswalk. I hope this was not a factor in the pedestrian accident. SMC has had some history with the lack of lights at this crosswalk. Perhaps when they change the entire road, they will improve the lights. I fear that once the new road is in place, it will lead to a significant increase in accidents between vehicles. This is because their proposed designs I have seen, while perhaps increasing predestrian safety, decreases vehicular safety.
