Imagine yourself getting off of the shuttle and as you cross the street, you flip over the hood of an oncoming car. Or you witness a pedestrian crossing the street looking uncomfortable because they are in fear of a car possibly hitting them since most students refuse to stop at stop signs.Sadly to say, situations like these happen to students who walk to class every day. There are more accidents and fender benders on campus than 290.
Okay maybe that’s stretching the truth, but if you feel as though you don’t belong in this category ask yourself these questions: How many times have you gone around the shuttle bus when the shuttle was loading or unloading? How many times have you paused at a stop sign instead of stopping? How many times have you sped past the speed bumps by Hobart and almost hit a student?
All of these examples prove that Prairie View students are poor drivers. Car accidents and serious injuries can be prevented if the University Police would enforce traffic laws on campus. Students would drive more sensibly if there was an actual implementation of rules and consequences.
We all had to pass the driving test in order to recieve our driver’s liscences, so it’s obvious that students ignore the basic fundamentals of driving. Senior biology major Ronald Mitchell is an avid shuttle rider. He said, “The average speed limit on campus is 20mph, why are cars driving 40 to 60 mph on a college campus? Does the University not have speed limits?”
Junior criminal justice major Ryan Kennedy is a walker and constantly feels the need to brace himself before he crosses the street. He said, “You know defensive drivers? Well I’m a defensive walker.”
The Bennington Free Press Health articles stated, “By far, the largest killer of U. S. citizens of college age students is car accidents.” Students are unaware of the effects that their negligent driving has on most of the pedestrians on campus.Hopefully this will wake them up.