Walking home from school can be problematic in Dallas. If you live anywhere near a major road, even the smaller streets can get dangerous.
I live on a neighborhood street behind Buckner Blvd (major 6 lane road) and drivers sometimes use the neighborhood street as a quick cut to get away from the traffic on Buckner.
It wouldn't be so bad if they didn't continue to drive as if they were still on Buckner. We've had drivers stopped by cops that were doing 70 on this two lane road. Or cars have hit that spot where the sand from that high yard has crept on the street, so they loose control and go into someone's yard or car. (That's happened way too often.) And yes, they've hit pedestrians that were on the sidewalk or at the bus stop too.
Some areas of Dallas are pretty old, so there are no sidewalks, just grass and that open rain guttering system. Not so bad during the dry season, but when it rains, you're pretty much stuck having to walk on the road.
Oh, sometime back there were some parents who raised a fuss over the fact that they couldn't get the bus to pick up their kids. They lived within that 3 mile limit. (You must live outside the 3 mile limit for your kids to ride the bus.) Trouble was, this group lived on one side of the North Dallas Tollway, while their kids' school was on the other side. Ya' gotta love bureaucracy. And the paper or the news never did give a follow up on that one.
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Date: 2010-09-21 06:26 am (UTC)I live on a neighborhood street behind Buckner Blvd (major 6 lane road) and drivers sometimes use the neighborhood street as a quick cut to get away from the traffic on Buckner.
It wouldn't be so bad if they didn't continue to drive as if they were still on Buckner. We've had drivers stopped by cops that were doing 70 on this two lane road. Or cars have hit that spot where the sand from that high yard has crept on the street, so they loose control and go into someone's yard or car. (That's happened way too often.) And yes, they've hit pedestrians that were on the sidewalk or at the bus stop too.
Some areas of Dallas are pretty old, so there are no sidewalks, just grass and that open rain guttering system. Not so bad during the dry season, but when it rains, you're pretty much stuck having to walk on the road.
Oh, sometime back there were some parents who raised a fuss over the fact that they couldn't get the bus to pick up their kids. They lived within that 3 mile limit. (You must live outside the 3 mile limit for your kids to ride the bus.) Trouble was, this group lived on one side of the North Dallas Tollway, while their kids' school was on the other side. Ya' gotta love bureaucracy. And the paper or the news never did give a follow up on that one.