The Car Hit My Suitcase As I Crossed Oxton Avenue!

Here's a note from Tavia, a local Oxton-Oriole neighborhood resident..

"I wanted to pass along an experience of the week regarding this intersection. Unfortunately they have been far too frequent over the past year and 1/ 2 I have lived [on] Oriole and I cannot begin to recall them all.

On Tuesday morning at around 10am I was crossing Oxton Ave about 1/2 a block from Oriole. There was no traffic "southbound" on the cut-through and no one had turned the corner from Oriole "northbound". I had my little suitcase and was crossing to my car on the other side when I was 1/2way across a car came speeding around the corner from Oriole and never slowed when it saw me but proceeded to lay on the horn. I quickly hurried up but apparently not fast enough because the car hit my suitcase and sent it flying. I was, expectedly quite shaken (and mad) and didn't have a chance to get the plate.


I am a driver and a walker and things like this infuriate me. Numerous times I have seen cars lay on the horn at the intersection whether coming north-south-east or west instead of just slowing down or braking for others. Had they slowed down instead of honked many accidents could have been prevented. Now I am not naive enough to think the city is going to make people better drivers but it has gotten to the point that I sometimes feel as though I live on Oriole-Oxton Island with no way off. I would love the city to recognize this is a problem and put in a stop sign or crosswalk before someone is killed."

Tavia (Last name and email address withheld by request)