Re: The Town Hill (Letters, November 12). Last week I was a wee bit depressed, until I read Mr. John Saunders’ clever letter about a family dangerously jaywalking across Main Street at the top of the Town Hill. Oh you devil, Mr. Saunders, what mischievous and hidden humour!
Even if we installed very expensive pedestrian crosswalks at each and every intersection in the County, there would still be people who insist on jaywalking, putting themselves and drivers at great risk. In fairness, this issue is in no way the fault of our current inept Council; people will do what they do. And Mr. Saunders, all of these designated pedestrian crosswalks would bring traffic to a screeching halt.
With all the construction across the County by developers, have you considered the option of backfilling the Town Hill, maybe as far as St. Gregory Church, to remove danger? and perhaps infill the harbour while we are at it.
I am positive that if I were to stand in the middle of Toronto’s Yonge Street, say at the north end of Hoggs Hollow in school crossing-guard style, it would not take too many seconds before I became a grease spot on the road.
Rather than criticizing, we should give the Town Hill family their justly-earned Darwin Award while quietly saluting their effort to remove some idiot cells from the gene pool, akin to a belated form of birth control.
Mike Bondy, Wellington
Re: The Terminal Lobby (Editorial, November 16). High kudos for the reality message…
Leo Ryan, Editor, Maritime Magazine
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