It’s something we do every day.
We’re in college now, and we’ve been doing it since we were children: crossing the street.
We don’t even think about it, but it’s when we’re most comfortable and unconcerned that we’re more vulnerable to danger.
A Muncie Central cross-country runner collided with a Ball State University student’s car on Riverside Avenue Wednesday afternoon. She crossed the street where there was no crosswalk and without checking for cars — as many Ball State students do on that road every day.
This just goes to show, we can’t always look to emergency response personnel or university construction planners to ensure our safety on campus — we have to look out for ourselves, too.
Granted, the injured runner was not a Ball State student, but her fractured skull, broken ankle and fractured clavicle should serve as lessons to us all.
McKinley Avenue might have been renovated to be safer for pedestrians, and Petty and Neely roads and Riverside Avenue might have fresh paving, paint and streetlight technology. However, that doesn’t mean we can cross haphazardly.
Pedestrians are just as responsible for their own safety as drivers have to be.
Students should keep to the sidewalks and crosswalks, stay on the median or sidewalks until it’s safe to cross and even do so in groups when possible.
In short, be smart — and look both ways.
Making campus safe for everyone — pedestrians, cyclists and drivers alike — has to be a cooperative effort. If we truly want to feel safe walking anywhere and everywhere on this campus, we each have to make the commitment to be responsible for own actions first.
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