Crosswalk Talk

Motorists in the village will have a hard time not noticing the latest additions to Main Street. That’s precisely the point of the bright yellow pedestrian crossing signs recently set in place. 

While this is not the first time such signs have been purchased and installed (thanks to your police and DPW), those of us who are safety conscious or walk Main Street a lot are glad to see them on the roadway again. We need all the help we can get to make it, for example, from Lift Bridge Book Shop over to Java Junction for a cup of coffee to complement a new paperback.

Certainly the signs are no substitute for prudence and common sense, but a federal study concluded that they do work, and better than other devices aimed at keeping pedestrians from intimate introductions to hood ornaments. There’s nothing like a reminder of the state law requiring drivers to yield to pedestrians in crosswalks to get one’s attention behind the wheel. Perhaps that’s why you can find signs like this in some of Monroe County’s other villages, like Spencerport and Pittsford.

For Brockport, it’s a step in the right direction.