Stop For Jarrid

By Tom ! Vanderbilt In an Internet parody called "The Process," a designer is given a corporate gig with a simple brief: to design a new stop sign. "We're seeing reports that people don't know what to do at an intersection," he is told, and from there it descends in an absurd spiral of tweaks and redesigns, with the designer's creative vision cast against the slow strangulation of groupthink. While the vide [...]

Thursday, 04 February 2010 20:06 To the Editor: I write this not because I want to, not that I need to, but because I feel I have to. On April 18, 2006 my family’s lives and the lives of families throughout Rye were changed forever as our son and your child’s good friend Jarrid was struck and killed by oncoming traffic on Midland Avenue. Before he passed I made a promise to Jar [...]

You spend your time as an advocate for pedestrian safety. To no avail, the location where your worst nightmare took place  is still as dangerous as ever. You would prob act as Jimmy did on this day. Angry-Yes, Belligerent-Maybe, Hurt, scared, and frustrated... From the Journal News: A father and pedestrian-safety advocate whose son was killed crossing Midland Avenue was arrested, accused of interfering with [...]

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Courtesy of : Worldclassmedicine.com STOP at the curb or edge of the road. NEVER run into a street. LISTEN and LOOK for traffic to the left, to the right, and to the left again. Teach children who don’t know left from right to look “this way,” “that way,” and “this way.” WAIT until the street is clear. KEEP LOOKING until you’ve crossed the street safely. ACCOMPANY your children until [...]