Vol. 121 No. 24 THE BACK MOUNTAIN'S NEWSPAPER SINCE 1889 July 11-17, 2010 PB IT P S - Serving the communities of the Dallas and Lake-Lehman School Districts | www.mydallaspost.com meio BABY, IT'S HOT OUT HER courteous By EILEEN GODIN Dallas Post Correspondent Which goes first - the vehi- cle, pedestrians or bicyclists? As the Anthracite Scenic Trail Association’s Back Mountain Trail system be- comes more popular, more pe- destrians and cyclists are try- ing to cross busy roads and travel on others to “Many times h th ' nt sec. pedestrians fon of get brushed Perioq. Off the side ic yellow Of the road ond- : [1] et by vehicles. signs Mark Albrecht with a pic- ture of a bicycle on them saying “Share the Road” have caused a bit of confusion for one Shavertown resident. Mark Albrecht, a member of the association who lives on North Lehigh Street, enjoys walking along his road but has had several close brushes with oncoming traffic. “Many times pedestrians get brushed off the side of the road by vehicles,” Albrecht said. Taking his concern of vehi- Katarina Banks, of Dallas, emerges cooled off from her swim in the pool at Newberry Estate in Dallas. cles not sharing the road with walkers to the previous King- ton Townshi i : . in eon Back Mountain residents do Police Chief James Balavage H H tt tne ae nes neee anything possible to keep cool hicles sharing the road with bicyclists. ith temperatures soaring above 90 Albrecht said he was told . pedestriansshould yield to ve. degree for five consecutive days last hicles and cyclists and cyclists week, the Back Mountain saw a heat should be treated with the same respect as a vehicle by Wave like it hasn’t seen in nine years. From i swimming to drinking water to finding shade, Street does not have a side: residents found many ways to escape the heat. @ or a shoulder off the road Yo walk on. He said legal pro- cedure states pedestrians must stay on the left side of the road, facing oncoming traffic and yield to vehicles and bicyclists. He specified that vehicles should only yield to pedestri- ans when they are in a cross- walk unless the crosswalk has a traffic control signal at which time pedestrians need to wait for the walk signal be- fore crossing. “On a road like North Le- high Street, pedestrians could walk on the edge of the road ; but should step off the road Ld RIGHT PHOTO: Fairbanks, a when a car approaches,” Ba- LY Golden Retriever owned by lavage said. i, Yvonne Mould, of Idetown, Albrecht said most vehicles a swims happily at Harveys Lake. are considerate and move to- LOWER RIGHT PHOTO: Dallas ward the middle of the road to A SEER La residents Kailey Peters and give walkers some space. Kelsey Hughes-Blaum share a Since drivers legally should Pierce Donovan, of Dallas, a volunteer setting up the Back Moun- picnic at a Harveys Lake dock not cross a double yellow line, tain Memorial Library Auction grounds, pauses for a water break. as speedboats zoom by. Albrecht hoped to be able to break the double yellow line into dashes, allowing cars to straddle it to go around a pe- destrian. This idea could create speeding and passing prob- lems along this straight stretch, Albrecht concluded. Other ideas of creating a side- walk or bike lane through emi- nent domain cost too much money to accomplish, Balav- age said. CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK PHOTOS/ FOR THE DALLAS POST See MOTORISTS, Page 12 Nine-year-old Jessica Furjanic, of Harveys Lake, very much enjoys the first day on her uncle Jo- 09815120079 nathan's boat.
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