Crazy Drivers Fredericton (Transcript)
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C/U car coming out of Irving C/U bus cutting off car C/U pedestrian with child W/S students crossing
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C/U of Regent and Prospect C/U pedestrians crossing C/U intersection sign C/U pedestrian crossing Regent W/S cross-walk man W/S pedestrian crossing
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W/S pedestrians downtown L/S Kings street
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This week I decided to take you on an adventure through the city of Fredericton to see how pedestrians here feel about the safety of the road.
A recent survey completed by the City of Fredericton says people are “less satisfied with traffic enforcement.” Since pedestrians are often the ones facing the ultimate dangers of the road, I am curious to find out their response to this survey.
“I’ve had people run through cross-walks when I was trying to cross, but i’ve had that happen in other cities too.” “I’d be kind of bias if I actually made a comment because I lived in London, so the traffic here is pretty good compared to the traffic in London.” To my surprise pedestrians at the busiest intersection in the city; Regent and Prospect, did not exactly agree with the results of the survey. But as I made my way to campus streets, I received a completely different response.
“I know I should’ve been stopped a few times, but I wasn’t. I do believe they should enforce, especially when it comes to pedestrians, cause I know I have a friend that constantly talks about how dangerous it is to walk downtown sometimes.” Downtown was no different. Some agreed and some disagreed. “I’m not a big fan of the police or nothing like that, but the police, I see them always pulling people over, and taking care of stuff like that, so I would say it’s got nothing to do with that.” Fredericton police say they are doing what they can to make the streets safer for both drivers and pedestrians. They don’t deny this is an issue. They believe re-educating drivers is the only solution to this problem. Hopefully drivers and pedestrians here in Fredericton can come to some sort of mutual understanding.
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