[Winona Online Democracy] I'm all for courtesy and patience when one is behind the wheel and I also think that when individuals choose to live on a busy street and have young children at home, they need to appropriately supervise children who are unaware of the dangers of the traffic! Toddlers and preschoolers simply should not be playing near a busy street without very close supervision. Better yet, why not take them to the park! It upsets me to no end when I see 2-4 year olds running around front yards or riding bikes with no adults in sight! It upsets me more when they zip in front of me in the street on their bikes! Another concern I have had for a long time is bicycle safety. I am often taken aback by teens and adults weaving from the street to the sidewalk, or traveling at high speeds on sidewalks. My child was nearly run down by a cyclist last week. Where I come from, sidewalks are for pedestrians and small children on bikes. Cyclists who use their vehicles as a primary method of transportation must use the streets and obey the same rules as motorized vehicles (e.g., stopping at stop signs and signaling turns, etc.) I rarely see an individual on a bicycle stop at a four way stop when I'm approaching in my car and I've had to stop for cyclists running stop signs when I have the right of way! What's with this in Winona? Kathy Seifert From: Janet DeClute <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Winona] Traffic Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 15:06:38 -0500 [Winona Online Democracy] I am concerned with this line of thinking ... Courtesy and patience seem to be forgotten when stepping behind the wheel of a vehicle these days. We do NOT need faster speed limits or wider streets, we need more courtesy and consideration for the other people on the road. I live on a street which has a 35 mph speed limit and I am terrified every day I drive on it because there are many small children who also live along the street. As I see people driving at or above that speed limit one of these days someone is going to kill one of these children who don't yet understand how dangerous this traffic can be. I do agree that we need to find ways to restrict access along Hwy. 61 without hurting the businesses who need this traffic. And perhaps just a refresher course in the fact that slower traffic should stay right would help. -- Janet DeClute [EMAIL PROTECTED] > From: "marcia chaffee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 13:29:35 -0500 > To: "Jeremy Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Winona] Anti-Tax Mentality > > [Winona Online Democracy] > > DO NOT slow down the speed limit. It will only cause those of us who like > traffic to move and feel Winona drivers are too slow now to increase our > road rage and take unnecessary chances. We need several one-way streets > where traffic can move and more stoplights synchronized to move traffic > smoothly at high volume hours. > > In our experience of driving throughout the United States, we have found > only the smallest towns in the least developed areas to have speeds limits > slower than ours. > > We also need fewer access points to Highway 61 so traffic can move there and > signs like the state is erecting in other areas that tell slower drivers to > move to the right lane on Highway 61. Perhaps then people who are going to > turn left on Highway 14 would not start their turns on Huff Street. > > How many more people are we going to kill at the Fleet Farm entrance before > something is done there? > > ---------------- > This message was posted to the Winona Online Democracy Project. > Please visit http://onlinedemocracy.winona.org to subscribe or unsubscribe. > Please sign all messages posted to this list with your actual name. > Posting of commercial solicitations is not allowed on this list. > Report problems to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ---------------- This message was posted to the Winona Online Democracy Project. Please visit http://onlinedemocracy.winona.org to subscribe or unsubscribe. Please sign all messages posted to this list with your actual name. Posting of commercial solicitations is not allowed on this list. Report problems to [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com. ---------------- This message was posted to the Winona Online Democracy Project. Please visit http://onlinedemocracy.winona.org to subscribe or unsubscribe. Please sign all messages posted to this list with your actual name. Posting of commercial solicitations is not allowed on this list. Report problems to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
