Meaning of ‘Don’t Walk’
Regarding Kerry Lotts’ complaint that students are getting jaywalking tickets for crossing the street against “don’t walk” signs. “Don’t walk” doesn’t mean “walk.” It’s a red light.
Whenever I touch my scalp, I feel a large numb area from where I fell and the nerves of my forehead were severed when my glasses cut my eyebrow open. How did this happen? I was struck by a car while jaywalking at Sherman Way near Topanga on Nov. 4, 1986, at 7:14 p.m. I had a $700 hospital bill from the emergency ward plus much therapy. Not only is jaywalking against the law, it’s dangerous. The police are there “to protect and to serve.”
RICK ROFMAN
Van Nuys
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