Dear Editor:
I am alarmed about the dangerous drivers on the North Shore who think they own the road.
At 17th Street and Marine Drive in West Vancouver, three times in less than a month, motorists have sped downhill to turn right onto the main road at the stop light where I had the right of way with the walk sign — they did not even see me because they never looked for a pedestrian. What a perfect place for police to apprehend bad drivers.
The police here have so many hills from which to choose: I avoid the crosswalks at the bottom of the hills on Bellevue Avenue and 14th Street in Ambleside as vehicles rush down them uncaring about waiting pedestrians. I have never seen police monitoring vehicles at any of these intersections.
This week there was almost an accident at the newest, very large junction on Marine Drive which allows people to cross from Park Royal south to north.
A group of us waited until the walk signal appeared, the man in front of me stepped off the curb and a car leaving Park Royal South suddenly turned right in front of him, them sped east too quickly for me to read his licence plate.
Downtown Vancouver motorists stop at red lights and pedestrians are given adequate time to cross the roads — the Vancouver police must be doing their jobs. When will the police on the North Shore start issuing our bad drivers tickets leading to fines and points for breaking the law?
Elizabeth Munday
West Vancouver
