I am convinced now that physical exercise reduces ones ability to think rationally or exhibit common sense.
I’m riding down Bortons Landing as I pass a bicyclist riding on the shoulder that’s about a foot and a half wide while there is bike path two feet away. Just around the corner on Westfield Road, a heavy traffic higher speed road, I see the same thing. A bicycle on the narrow shoulder while a new large bike path is right across the street.
In town groups of women walking or jogging in the middle of the street as if no vehicles were permitted. Many joggers running in the street only inches away from a sidewalk.
And then there is the group that runs on Bridgeboro Road at a quarter to six in the morning (even during the seasons it’s dark at that time). There can be as many as six or seven that run two and three abreast, filling the shoulder completely and into part of the traffic lane. When they turn three abreast at Chester Street the danger is ten fold. There is a sidewalk two feet away or the notion of running single file to leave a safety zone is nowhere in their head.
Why do these people want bet their life that every driver that passes them is paying attention or doesn’t get distracted for a second. A two foot move to the right and someone is dead or injured. Challenging three thousand plus pounds of moving metal is not a clever thing to do. I’ve spoken to the police at least four times about the runners on Bridgeboro but to no avail. I guess someone will have to be killed or severally injured before something is done. Then we will all go boohoo what can we do. Let’s start with the potential victims. Please clear your heads and use some common sense and a little courtesy.
Reginald Kane
