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February
19, 2025 The end of the hated Congestion Pricing, in Manhattan below
60 Street, may be ending soon. The United States Department of
Transportation is rescinding it's approval. Tolls are not allowed to
be collected on all highways and roads that receive federal money,
without special permission of Congress. Most people felt that
congestion pricing favored the rich over the working class people and
made it easier for wealthy people, who are price insensitive, to
drive on the roads. Congestion pricing has greatly effected the
working class and small businesses, who depend on non locals for
business. Many felt that it was a money grab.
February
19, 2025 U.S. President Donald J. Trump has referred to Ukrainian
strongman Zelensky as a "dictator without elections".
President Trumps statement was alluding to the fact that Mr.
Zelensky's presidential term ended in 2024 and then Mr. Zelensky
suspended elections. According to some, Mr. Zelensky's popularity was
under 4% of the Ukrainian population, while Mr. Zelensky's polls
stated that his popularity was over 50%.
Russian-Ukrainian
war background information:
On the simplest level, the war was started on February 24, 2022, when
Russia moved into disputed Ukrainian territory to protect the Russian
majority in eastern Ukraine. Further, the Ukraine was attempting to
become a NATO member and Russia did not want the potential for NATO
troops and missiles on its border. There are other factors. Eastern
Ukraine is populated by Russian people who felt that they were being
discriminated by the Ukrainian government. Historically, eastern
Ukraine was a part of Russia till the 1920's when Stalin transferred
ownership from Russia to the Ukraine. Further, Krushev, in the 1950's transferred
the Crimea from Russia to the Ukraine. Kiev was the capital of
Russland, till it was moved to Moscow in the 800's. The Russian and
Ukrainian people are ethnically almost the same, with essentially the
same language and the same Orthodox religion.
February
18, 2025 New York Senator Chuck Schumer said he partially blames
President Donald J. Trump for the crash landing of the Delta Airlines
plane in Toronto, claiming that Trump has fired FAA staff. It was
then pointed out to Senator Schumer that the plane crash landed
because of severe 50 mile per hour winds in Toronto and further, the
plane was under the control of Canadian, not American air traffic
controllers. Also, Mr. Trump did not fire any air traffic
controllers, but rather only excess office workers in the FAA.
February
17, 2025 The United States and Russia are negotiating to end the war
in the Ukraine in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Neither the European Union
nor Mr. Zelensky, who runs the Ukraine, but who's Ukrainian election
mandate ended in 2024 were invited to the negotiations. The feeling
among the negotiators is that the only "legitimate" power
in Ukraine, is the Ukrainian parliament, which is elected, while Mr.
Zelensky, who suspended elections, is felt to be a type of
"strongman" governing without a mandate. Apparently the
United States and Russia feels that the western European
"European Union" is not a party to the conflict, other than
the fact that the EU is supplying arms to the Ukrainian side. The
United States has given 350 Billion (350 thousand million) dollars in
military aid to the Ukraine, while the European Union has given 150
Billion Dollars in military aid to the Ukraine. The European
"aid" is in the form of loans, while the American aid is in
the form of grants. Most feel that the Ukraine is losing the conflict.
February
16, 2025 A Delta Airlines plane landing in Toronto Canada flipped
over because of very high winds exceeding 45 miles per hour.
Thankfully, all 80 people on board survived, though 18 sustained non
life threatening injuries.
February
15, 2025 Ultra "liberal" opponents of New York City Mayor
Eric Adams are demanding that Mr. Adams resign or that New York State
Governor Hochul remove Mr. Adams from office. Most feel that these
calls are political since though Mr. Adams is a life long Democrat,
he is in favor of law and order and is opposed to massive, illegal
immigration and wants to work with the U.S. Federal agency in charge
of deportations of illegals.
February
2, 2025 U.S. President Donald J. Trump has suspended the United
States federal agency, USAID for at least 90 days. It has been
reported that the USAID has manipulated and funded journalists and
news outlets world wide, including in the United States, to the tune
of hundreds of millions of dollars. This clearly has the potential to
control the news and manipulate the people.
January
20, 2025 12:40PM President Trump has ended is extremely well
received speech and has said "God Bless America", which
American have very much respected. For many years, the United States
has been sliding into Atheism and this was particularly well received.
January
20, 2025 12:35PM Newly reelected President Trump is still speaking,
however he has already promised the following.
January
20, 2025 Thousands of Palestinian hostages, held by Israel,
consisting mainly of children and elderly men and women, have been
released by Israel in exchange for 33 Israeli hostages and prisoners
taken on October 7, 2023.
January
20, 2025 8:00 AM Many senior State Department diplomats have handed
in their resignation, effective at 12 noon today, as instructed to do
so by President Elect Donald Trumps aids.
January
20, 2025 7:45 AM President Biden issued "preemptive
pardons" early this morning to a number of people including
General Milley, Dr. Fouci, Police officers who testified at the
January 6 "insurrection hearings" and to the panel members
themselves. President Biden stressed that the individuals did not do
anything wrong, though some may disagree. Many questions arise from
these pardons for people who have yet to be charged with a crime.
Also, can the pardons be rescinded by President Elect Trump, after he
is sworn as the 47 president later today.
January
20, 2025 President elect Donald J. Trump will be sworn in as the 47
President of the United States at 12 noon in Washington DC. Mr. Trump
also served as president of the United States from 2016 to 2020 as
the 45 President of the United States. This separation is not unheard
of since President Grover Cleveland also served two similar terms,
with Grover Cleveland, the unpopular Benjamin Harris and Grover
Cleveland again in the late 1800s, as 22 president from 1885 to 1889
and again as 24 president from 1893 to 1897. Because of the extremely
cold weather, Mr. Trump will be sworn in inside of the nations
capital, rather than outside. This also happened 40 years ago with
the swearing in of former President Ronald Reagan.
January
19, 2025 Israel and Palestine have come to a cease fire agreement
and to release some of the thousands of Palestinian hostages and 33
Israeli hostages. Some feel that Israel was compelled to do this
since with Mr. Trump tomorrow again being president, that Mr. Trump
may well have been stronger with the Israeli's.
January
19, 2025 New York City and the entire east coast was hit by a winter
snowstorm and dropping temperatures this evening. Many media pundits
claimed that NYC would be blanketed by 6" of snow, however the
snow accumulation was less than 1". The National weather service
however predicted 1" to 3". Unfortunately some media
outlets tend to exaggerate stories.
January
18, 2025 President elect has decided to conduct his swearing in
ceremony on January 20 indoors do the extreme cold expected in
Washington DC on that day. The last time the swearing in ceremony
occurred indoors was over 40 years ago.
January
15, 2025 Congestion pricing has significantly reduced vehicle
traffic in Manhattan below sixtieth street. This has also meant a
decline in shoppers, diners, and sales tax revenue. Obviously any
congestion can be reduced by simply eliminating the under used bike
lanes that reduce street traffic for cars that pay tax for the roads
and also to restore the more realistic 30 miles per hour speed limit.
January
14, 2025 Congestion pricing continues to outrage many New Yorkers.
Everything is going up in price. Taxi's, deliveries, and much more.
The MTA claims a reduced traffic figure of 16%, or 273,000 fewer
vehicles on the road, however one may also consider that this also
means, 273,000 fewer shoppers.
January
14, 2025 It was announced by her family that Anita Bryant had passed
away on December 16, 2024. She was 84 years old. Anita Bryant was a
famous actress, singer and beauty queen. Bryant was born in
Barnsdeall, Oklahoma. She appeared on the Arthur Godfrey talent show
and won the contest when she was 18 years old. She was then the
runner up in the 1959 Miss America pageant. She went on to become a
very popular singer. She was perhaps best known for representing the
Florida Citrus Commission and her any TV commercials pushing orange
juice. In 1977, Bryant started a campaign against the acceptance of
homosexuals that she felt were a threat to children and violated her
Christian beliefs. As a result of her traditional Christian stance,
Mrs Bryant lost most of her endorsements, TV commercials and was
effectively black listed from Hollywood.
January
13, 2025 Tens of thousand of homes have been destroyed in the wild
fires of California, over the past two weeks. Further 26 people are
known to have lost their lives. Unfortunately, there are reports of
wide spread looting, and price gauging against the evacuees.
January
12, 2025 It has come out that LA had cut the budget of the LA fire
department by 46 million dollars. Further, the reservoir's are now
dry, even though the voters in California had voted 7 years ago to
increase the water supply. California Governor Newsom and LA Mayor
are being blamed for what is being called as being unprepared for the
fires, with calls for them to resign.
January
12, 2025 Massive wild fires in California around the LA area,
continue to destroy large areas. So far an estimated 35,000 acres
have been destroyed. One square mile is 640 acres, thus 54 square
miles has been destroyed. Central Park in Manhattan is about 700 acres.
January
8, 2025 Donald Trump has again mentioned that he wants Greenland,
which is presently a territory of Denmark, to become a part of the
United States. This would not be the first time that Denmark has sold
land to the United States. The US Virgin Islands were purchased from
Denmark for $25 million dollars. Donald Trump has also mentioned that
he wants the Panama Canal back. President Jimmy Carter gave the canal
to Panama during his controversial administration. Mr. Trump also,
part in jest, suggested that Canada become a part of the United
States and that the Gulf of Mexico be renamed, "The Gulf of
America". In response, the president of Mexico suggested
renaming the USA, "Mexico America"!
January
7, 2025 Today is Christmas day for many Orthodox Christian groups,
using the Julian Calender. It is also the Epiphany or Three Kings day
for most of the other Christian/Catholic groups.
January 6, 2025 New York and the
entire eastern part of the United States is experiencing a cold
spell, hovering around 32F/0C. What ever happened to the promised
global warming that would have freed up millions of acres up north
for farming and would have reduced heating costs?
January 5, 2025 The immensely
unpopular, so called "Congestion Pricing " has come into
effect. All cars, vans, trucks and motorcycles entering into
Manhattan below 60 street will be charged a toll. For cars, the toll
will be $9.00 per day, though scheduled to increase to $16.00 per day
in two years. Allegedly the money will be used to improve the subway
and for the construction of the extension of the Second Avenue
Subway. It is expected that between 1.2 and 2 billion dollars per
year, will be confiscated from from drivers into the hands of the
MTA. Some are calling it a money grab, others a scam, while yet
others, a war on the middle class. Regarding congestion, the highly
under used bicycle lanes have reduced the road area by 30 percent,
yet bicycles are not insured, do not pay road tax and are used
primarily by fit people under the age of 45. The bike lanes are
hardly used in the winter or in bad weather. Another reason for the
slowing down of traffic is the ill advised "Vision Zero"
which has reduced the speed limit of cars from 30 miles per hour to
only 25 miles per hour. Today is not the freedom that America had
prior to 1965.
January 3, 2025 President Elect
Donald J. Trump will not face jail time or any fine in the "hush
money" trail, a New York Judge has ruled. However the judge did
not throw out the conviction that many feel was a political vendetta
and thus Mr. Trump will be the first sitting president convicted of a felony.
January 2, 2025 The New Orleans
terror attack from December 31, 2024 killed 14 people and injured 32.
The driver is a former U.S. Military man who apparently became a self
described Isis follower.
January 1, 2025 A Tesla
CyberTruck exploded in front of the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas. It is
believed that only the driver was killed. It is not known if the
explosion was a terrorist attack or simply fireworks in the trunk
that exploded.
January
1, 2025! Happy New Year! Let
us hope and pray for global peace and a quick end to the suffering
caused by the Israeli-Palestinian war and the suffering caused by the
Russian-Ukrainian war.
December 31,
2024 In what seems to be a terrorist attack, a man drove a pickup
truck into a crowd in New Orleans and killed an estimated 15 people
and injured 35 people.
December 30,
2024 President Jimmy Carter, who passed away in Plains Georgia, his
life long town.
In the four
years that former President Carter will be remembered for:
-
Reinstituting
draft registration for all 18 year olds.
- 22%
inflation
- Making
business treaties with China that allowed many American industrial
companies to fire their U.S. workers and move operations to China.
- For
promoting the Neutron bomb, that is a type of atomic bomb that gives
off dangerous Neutron radiation that kills people but leave cities
and buildings largely intact
- For
pulling the United States out of the Russian Olympics and this led
to massive diplomatic conflict with Russia
- For
the 1977 oil shortage that left almost all American's with very
limited gasoline.
- For
the Iranian hostage situation and for his completely failed hostage
rescue operation that left a number of U.S. Service men dead.
- For
giving blanket amnesty for U.S. draft dodgers during the Vietnam war.
- For
giving away the American built Panama Canal
- There
are many other things that can be mentioned, however space prohibits
his full profile.
-
He
also oversaw and insisted on the peace treaty between Egypt and
Israel, which has lasted now for over 45 years. He was at the airport
in Israel and then made a speech that the Egyptians wanted peace, but
that Israel did not. At the last minute, Menace Bagen and his cabinet
sent a messenger to President carters airplane and said come back and
the treaty was sighed. Many people believed that Mr. Carter was about
to cut off aid or greatly curtail aid to Israel, had the treaty not
been signed. Many further believe that without the support of
America, Israel may not be able to continue to exist.
We
pray for his soul and give our sympathy to his family.
December 29,
2024 Former United States Jimmy
Carter Dead at 100 years old. Mr
Carter was the longest living United States President.
December 25,
2024 Merry Christmas to the 1.5 Billion Christians celebrating
Christmas today!
December 24, 2024 Today is Christmas Eve, the traditional beginning
of the 12 days of Christmas. Christmas on December 25, is celebrated
by over 1.5 Billion people worldwide. Some of the Orthodox
Christians, still celebrate Christmas on January7, which is also
known as the Epiphany or the Three Kings Day.
December 24, 2024 According to the Catholic Magazine, "The
Tablet", Europe has been cancelling Christmas for many years, by
allowing non Europeans to migrate to Europe. The majority of these
people are not assimilating into the traditional European Culture.
Click on The
Tablet for more information.
December 23, 2024 Panama has rejected President Elect Donald Trumps
idea of taking back the Panama Canal.
December 23, 2024 President Elect Donald J. Trump has stated that he
plans to try to make Greenland a territory of the United States.
Greenland presently is owned by Denmark, however Greenland is
considered a part of the North America. During World War 2, Greenland
was indeed under the control of the United States. Mr. Trump has also
mentioned his desire to regain the Panama Canal, that former
President Jimmy Carter gave to Panama.
December 22, 2024 A United States Navy advanced F-18 aircraft carrier
based fighter was shot down in the Red Sea. The United States
government claims that the aircraft was shot down accidentally by
"friendly fire". Both navy men aboard the plane were
recovered alive from the Red Sea.
December 22, 2024 A Yemen hypersonic missile has hit the center of
the Israeli city of Tel Aviv.
December 21, 2024 Update on the Magdeburg, Germany Christmas market
massacre. It has now been revealed that 5 people have died and over
100 people injured by the Saudi Arabian doctor Terrorist, who drove
his car into the packed market place.
December 20, 2024 Magdeburg Germany. A terrorist, said to be a 50
year old Muslim doctor from Saudi Arabia, who is said to have lived
in Germany since 2006, has driven a car in a packed German Christmas
market, killing at least 11 Christmas shoppers and injuring over 80
people. Magdeburg is a city of 240,000 people, west of Berlin.
December 20, 2024 President Biden has forgiven 4.3 billion dollars in
student loans. This money, that was owed to the American taxpayers,
will now be spread among all taxpayers. Students who have already
paid off their school debt will not be refunded.
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Opinion
According
to Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens), if you do not read the news, you
will be uninformed, but if you do read the news, you will be misinformed.
Freedom
of the Press
Recent public
disclosures have indicated that the United States government,
operating under the federal agency USAID, has been giving funds to as
many as 7,000 journalists and hundreds of news outlets across the
globe, including in the United States. Published reports indicate
that the BBC receives millions of dollars per year from USAID,
amounting to over 8% of their budget. Further, it is alleged that the
New York Times, among others, have also received millions of dollars
from USAID. The problem of government arbitrarily giving money to
news outlets is the potential to manipulate the news and to influence
foreigners and American's alike. If it turns out that this funding is
accurate, this amounts to creating the news narrative and the
potential for the the readers to be steered or influenced to the
governments perspective. News1.net is 100% opposed to government
manipulation of the press and we have never, nor will we ever accept
government payoffs. We are for a free press.
Subway
barriers: New
York, NY January 21, 2022 With falling and being pushed onto the
subway tracks becoming a daily occurrence, it is time to promptly
install subway barriers / gates on all 480 subway and elevated
stations. Frank Didik, who has been desperately pushing subway gates
to the MTA and other agencies since over a decade points out that
hundreds of people could have been saved over this period of time.
Further, thousands of people could have been spared hideous, life
transforming injuries, including by MTA workers. Further, the MTA
could have avoided paying out hundreds of millions of dollars in
liability, that could have already paid for the entire subway gate system.
Subway
Safety-Subway Gate Every year hundreds of people are
killed or severely injured when they fall onto the tracks of trains
and subways. The prevention is cost efficient and greatly reduces liability ...
read
more ...
Greatly
reduce train noise A significant
amount of train noise is caused by the train wheels rolling over the
expansion joint of the tracks. This vibration creates noise,
vibrations, an less pleasant ride and also reduces the life cycle of
the train. The solution is relatively simple and cost effective..read
more
Sunglasses
Dangerous?
Sunglasses
reduces reaction time, since it takes
longer for the brain to process a darker image then a well lit image.
This could lead to potentially dangerous situations. Some early
Stereo 3D systems used a dark glass and a lighter glass for two
different eyes to achieve the 3D effect, though polarized glasses are
more common.
Cell
Phone Etiquette
Advice for the modern person -
December 9,
2016 read
more
Time
to Rethink Bike Lanes
Advice for bicyle based cities
- August
3,
2016 read
more
From the right,
Frank Didik, Dr. Eric Bitterman, Chairman of Deutche Welle, Dr.
Jachem Reppmann, and publisher Walter at the Von Steuben formal event
in New York City. Though Frank Didik does not have any German
background, he enjoys the inginuety and drive of the German people.
 Frank
X. Didik with former NYC Mayor Bill DeBlasio and first lady Chirlane
McCray, at Gracy Mansion. Former
Mayor DeBlasio served two terms in office and then as per term
limits, had to leave office at the end of his second term. Mr
DeBlasio original birth name (May 8, 1961) was Warren Wilhelm Jr. and
later used the name Warren de Blasio-Wilhelm and then finally adapted
his mother's maiden name DeBlasio and today is commonly known as Bill
DeBlasio. Mr.DeBlasio was succeeded as mayor on Jnuary 1st, 2022 by
new mayor Eric Adams, who became New York City's 110 mayor.
New
York City is not ready for congestion pricing. The
sensors that bill vehicles, are only at the entrance points in
Manhattan and thus can only bill incoming cars, not cars already in
Manhattan. Thus, presently, only outsiders will be billed for tolls.
New York City is ONE CITY, consisting of Manhattan (Borough of New
York), Brooklyn (Kings), Queens, Staten Island (Richmond) and the
Bronx. Shouldn't every New Yorker have free access to all parts of
the city? Didn't the unification of Brooklyn with Manhattan in 1897
specify this as being one city?
Congestion
Pricing favors the upper income people and will
significantly reduce local business, while pushing middle class
drivers to shop elsewhere that does not have this burdensome tax.
Ultimately this will work against the city.
Social
Media or Vanity Media With the development of the so
called smart phone, a new phenomenon of "social media" has
developed that caters to the vanity and inner ego of millions read
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Bicycle
Lanes favors the young and healthy, while inconveniencing
older citizens, drivers and delivery trucks. Further, for the most
part, they are rarely utilized during the winter months... read
more
Fact
Checkers "Fact Checkers" present an opinion
rather than absolute fact. Further,
who will fact check the fact checkers"? Recently read
more
Time
to start enforcing the laws covering motorcycles,
powered bicycles and powered scooters:
  
The laws covering
motor vehicles (gas, steam, electric), must be enforced including
having proper registration, insurance and make sure that the driver
has a proper drivers license and skill to drive the motorcycle. NYC
has become like the wild west. Here we see unregistered, uninsured,
motorcycles and their unlicensed riders, using the bicycle lane over
the Manhattan Bridge. Electric scooters are extremely dangerous but
are very popular. They really are unlicensed, unregistered
motorcycles. Originally the State of New York, Vehicle Traffic and
Safety Laws permitted human/motorized hybrid vehicles, primarily
wheelchairs, for disabled people, including veterans after the
Vietnam war. But now the rule is completely abused.
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In
1826, John Quinsy Adams, the president of the United States, was
asked about the freedom of
the
press. He responded "It wasn't in the past, it isn't now,
but I sure hope it will be in the future".
New York
City has lost its vibrancy. As
a result of the money grab "Congestion Pricing", NYC at
night is empty, similar to during the Covid histaria. One can only
assume that businesses are losing a huge amount of money and that
sales tax revenue is down and as an added blow, the value of real
estate will also decline. "Congestion Pricing" is killing
the city.
Congestion
Pricing. If
to reduce traffic congestion was really the purpose of the $9 toll
to enter Manhattan below 60th street, the easiest method would be to eliminate
the highly under used bicycle lanes
and abandon the 25 mile per hour reduced speed limit and go back to
the 30 miles per hour limit. Regarding bicycle lanes, on narrow
streets, they reduce the roads from two to one lane. In other areas,
such as on 8th Avenue and 32 Street, the bike lanes cause traffic
jams by reducing the road from 6 lanes to only 3 lanes. The bike
lanes are hardly used when the weather is bad. It is doubtful that
any New Yorker wants the city to fall to the level of London.
Medical
Business
Since
the recent cold blooded murder of the CEO of United Health, which is
the largest private for profit medical insurance company in America,
many questions have emerged regarding the medical business. As it
turns out, many medical insurance claims are turned down, leaving the
patient to pay the bill themselves. The patient may have paid medical
insurance for years, thinking that they are protected, only to have
their claim denied. According to some published sources, United
Health has the highest denial rate in the industry with an estimated
32% of the claims denied. Other private medical insurance companies
are not far behind. In the case of "Managed Care" programs,
such as Medicare Advantage, many people on Medicare are tempted to
sign over their direct Medicare and go with the private insurance
companies. With Medicare Advantage, a person must use the insurance
company approved doctors and even then, some of the medical
procedures must be approved by the medical insurance business. The
more procedures turned down, the greater the profits to the medical
insurance business. It is time for Congress to reign in the abuses of
Medicare Advantage, regardless of the insurance industry campaign donations.
Film
Vs Digital
A Fuji 6x9 (2 1/4 x 3 x 1/4) film camera with many
rolls of Fuji Velvia 50 film, which sadly is very hard to buy today. Fuji
Claims that the finished positive (slide) film will
last up to 100 years.
Digital
Currency
will represent a loss of freedom and privacy. Digital
Currency will mean the total control of your money by the government.
Thus what you (are permitted to) buy will be under the complete
control of the government. Further, everything you do and buy will be
known to the government and anyone who has access to this
information. Thus everything that you buy or sell or are permitted to
buy or sell will be known and potentially controlled.
-April 11, 2023
It is time
for the New York City to take action to control bicycles Lets
face it, the quality of life in New York City is suffering
from bicycles, electric powered bikes and scooters. The riders feel
that they are above the law or don't even know the law. These vehicle
almost without exception, never obey traffic laws, go through red
lights and even go through crosswalks while people are crossing. It
is time to start requiring all bicycles to have registration, and
clearly visible license plates, and insurance. If cars and trucks
have to "share the road" with bicycles, bicycles must also
pay their fair share and obey the law. read
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Share
the road: This NYC sign says "Share the road".
Good idea! Perhaps it is time for bicycle riders to obey traffic laws
and also pay a road tax, just as the car drivers have to do. Indeed,
share the road!
App based taxi ride services often block traffic
traffic while picking up customers. read
more
Vision
Zero is without vision. Is the well
intended Vision Zero New York City program started under former Mayor
DeBlasio to reduce pedestrian deaths from vehicles working? Some of
the actions taken was to reduce the speed limit in NYC from 30 miles
per hour to only 25 miles per hour. In addition, when the cross walk
light says walk, the traffic light for cars changes a few seconds
later, allowing pedestrians to start to cross before cars start. In
some areas, there has also been guides put on streets so that cars
must make a larger diameter turn. Has these measures work? Actually
these measures have not helped at all. Our speculation as to why
these measures have not worked are as follows. The crossing
pedestrians have come to take it for granted that the cars will
always allow them to cross and unfortunately, the pedestrians do not
look both ways. Further, many pedestrians are oblivious to their
surroundings because they are staring at their smart phones and do
not take a moment to carefully look to see if all is clear to cross
and also many pedestrians wear ear buds playing music or talking on
the phone that further reduces their attention to traffic. It should
be noted that many years ago, the brother of this writer was hit and
killed by a car.
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