Sidewalks are needed to make Road
427 safer
School Road (427) is a very unorganized road. There is no
sidewalk that allows students to walk safely. There aren't any stop signs for
cars to stop to let people walk across. In the morning and afternoon, there are
people walking on the road to get to and from school. It is very dangerous because some people drive way too fast in
the area and there is a lot of traffic.
Two years ago, my brother wanted to be dropped off at the
apartment across from the Oakhurst Elementary School because he didn't want to
go to Oak Creek Intermediate School (OCI) to drop me off. He got out of the
car, smiled at me, and waved. My mom and I went to OCI. A couple of minutes
later, a group of people came to tell me my brother had just been hit by a car.
My heart sank. The only thing going through my head was the smile that he gave
when he got out of the car and his expression when the car hit him. I was so
scared! No one saw what happened, so we don't know. I don't think that would
have happened if there had been a sidewalk for him to stand on. He was lucky to
walk away with only scrapes and bruises.
The way I think we could prevent these kinds of accidents is
have a place for people to stand or walk.
Another place that is very dangerous is the turn on to Road
427 from Indian Springs Road. A stop sign should be placed on Road 427. It is
very hard to get on the main road from Indian Springs in the morning, because
of traffic.
The way I think we can prevent so much traffic is have all
schools on a different time by 15-20 minutes. The only problem with that is
people's work schedules, but it will help with less traffic jams and less
accidents.