‘Crossing safety must not just follow a fatality’
Wednesday 13th April 2011, 2:29PM BST.
Floral tributes were left near the Victoria Avenue crossing after a man was killed there in 2002.
A FATALITY has to happen before improvements are made at pedestrian crossings, a road safety group has said.
Living Streets secretary Pat Wisher was speaking about a delay that has prevented improvements to street lighting at crossing points.
Excluding private crossings, there are 39 zebra crossings, but only 10 of those were marked as reasonable in a survey conducted by the pedestrian group in 2003.
It was carried out after a fatality on the Victoria Avenue crossing in 2002 and assessed the visibility of each crossing on a rainy night in March travelling at about 25mph with dipped headlights.
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Sad but true comments from Pat Wisher,I remember the incident in 2002,why do we have to wait for another death before all crossings are made safe.
Another guernsey tragedy awaits.
guernsey hang your head in shame.
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Once again The Truth Hurts
RIP the real guernsey.
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