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I <br /> i <br /> J ES Eric R <br /> Frio SHOEMAKER Lee <br /> S~rr : Thursday, October 25, 2007 12:21 PM <br /> T LARSEN Tom C <br /> C~: JONES Eric R; INERFELD Rob <br /> S b ect: Engineers Say 13th and Hilyard Isn't as bad as Other Intersections <br /> h ~t ://www.kezi.co /content/contentID/17757 <br /> E$~ 'veers Say 13th nd Hilyard Isn't as bad as Other Intersections <br /> i <br /> BiY CASEY HATF ELD <br /> EXJ ENE, Ore.-- T e city is reacting to safety concerns Wednesday about the intersection at 13th and Hilyard. <br /> N!u ses .and student say it's extremely dangerous. <br /> T~ city says it's no as bad as other Eugene intersections. <br /> Lis year 85 interse tions had more crashes than the 13th and Hilyard intersection. <br /> T~ city says driver need to do a better job following the rules of the road. <br /> It'd as an unimagin ble tragedy. <br /> ~s Thursday, 44 ar old Lucy Lahr was hit and killed while crossing the intersection at 13th and Hilyard. <br /> u ses and student who cross there daily say there are near misses all the time. <br /> ry night is a ris going across the street there," said Sacred Heart Nurse Anne Schwartz. <br /> T~h problem, they ay, cars don't stop for pedestrians. <br /> Aic ording to the ci the intersection averages just over 5 crashes a year. <br /> C~it Traffic Engine r Tom Larsen says the signal isn't the problem, it's driver error. <br /> ere's very little e can do from an engineering standpoint to prevent that type of driver from making very <br /> p decisions," sai Larsen. <br /> L;ar en says drivers re required to yield to pedestrians. <br /> I-~e ays it's a matte of education. <br /> o cerned citizens hink a protected left turn lane that only allows traffic to turn on a green light might help. <br /> en says the cit typically only does that if there's oncoming traffic. <br /> e oubts it would ave made a difference in the Lahr tragedy. <br /> " e question is w uld this driver have done exactly what he did under those conditions and I think probably <br /> y s "said Larsen. <br /> liar en says to do a rotected lane he would have to put up a sign saying no turn on red. <br /> <br /> I~e ays that would isrupt the flow of traffic on Hilyard and 13th. <br /> <br /> 11ar en ,says the real answer is more driver education and enforcement of traffic laws. <br /> I <br /> 1 <br /> i <br /> I <br /> <br />