Hitting is Hard

Connecting a thin plastic bat with a thrown wiffle ball is hard to do. So is driving. Especially in Oakwood.

This week's edition of the Oakwood Register has a front page story about an 8-year-old child on an bike struck by a car. I know nothing of this incident other than what is in this story.  The story indicates that the child, taken to Children's Hospital, will make a full recovery. I'm sure the driver of this vehicle feels terrible. But this article, and the Police official quoted, seem to place all fault for this incident on the child.

That simply can't be how we govern ourselves in 2015 in Oakwood. It can't. I do not want to live in a place that is that unconcerned about the safety of people out in the community.

Driving in Oakwood is hard, people.  Look at this diagram:

Intersection of Forrer and Shafor

Picture yourself driving the car that is the yellow oval. Stopped at a stop sign, waiting to proceed. The red arrows are potential directions another car could be coming from.  The green arrows are potential directions that a person on a bike or a person on foot may be coming from.  Remember that a lot of runners in Oakwood run in the street against traffic. Pushing strollers, no less!

Drivers HAVE TO LOOK at every one of these possible conflicts and YIELD to all of them! Remember, the driver is the one at the controls of the two tons of steel that could kill someone.

Not the 8 year old child.

Slow down. Pay attention. Wait.

Eric, JD, Matt, Pete - 3 runs, 12 hits
Andy, Bob, Kurt, Tim L. - 3 runs, 16 hits

HR: none.