Last week I wrote here about my disabled friend getting hit by a car in a pedestrian crosswalk, ironically on the same day the Utah House voted down a measure that would have made it law for cars to stop (currently they only have to yield) for pedestrians.
I wrote a letter to the editor that was published in today’s Deseret News:
Put people ahead of vehicles
It was ironic to hear of the Utah House vote against implementing extra safeguards at pedestrian crosswalks for the disabled. The reason given was “traffic would be tied up.” The same day as the vote, my disabled friend was hit by a car that failed to yield for her as she approached the middle of such a crosswalk with an orange flag. Two other cars had stopped. The car that hit her did not even slow down. As a result, my friend now has two broken legs, a totaled wheelchair and weeks of recuperating from surgery.
Put people ahead of automobiles. I urge our lawmakers to reconsider this bill.
Deanna Taylor
West Jordan
Deanna Dee-Dee Taylor 
Legislative Lunacy
Last week they also voted down a bill that would increase the punishment for street racing. The next day…a big street racing accident. They say timing is everything.
Ed at Part of the Plan