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Show The Straggling Pedestrian A Double Menace Most busy Salt Lake.Gty intersections now are marked with easy to read pedestrian traffic signals. But a lot of pedestrians who are either near-sighted, illiterate, hard-headed or just plain stupid don't seem to care. (Continued on Page Four) The Straggling Pedestrian -A Double Menace (Continued from Page 1) Hundreds of times each day traffic is held up to allow some straggler, who started across the street after the "Don't Walk" sign flashed, to get across safely. The nuisance and the menace, too is multiplied many times during the rush days before Christmas. The obvious solution would be to have police officers stationed sta-tioned at the intersections to ticket offenders. No doubt the police department is not sufficiently staffed for such a project but it might try some spot checking. Even a small reduction in the number of stragglers would be an improvement and it may sove some lives, too. |