A recent article headline in Toronto's Metro newspaper cites "Reckless drivers, kill 24 , up from 16 last year."
The article went on to say that "there had been a dramatic increase in Toronto's pedestrian fatalities this year...compared with 16 in the corrosponing period in 2004."
In the article Brian Patterson, the President of the Ontario Safety League suggested "a lack of respect for basic road laws" as the culprit describing it as now being an epidemic.
Mr. Patterson went on to say that the "same people who are putting pedestrians at risk, flying through stop signs are the same people who park in fire routes, are the same people who park in handicapped spaces...calling it "reckless behaviour."
I don't think there is anyone living in the vacinity of Oxton Avenue & Oriole Parkway would disagree that our corner has seen its fair share of really ignorant and reckless driving...so much so that is it any wonder we're now forced to run for lives when crossing Oxton at this intersection.
I hope the city read this article too.
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