Editor:
Last Thursday evening, I was driving east on the Fraser Hwy., with a passenger. At 271 Street a young girl was waiting to cross at a crosswalk, in front of the Vietnamese restaurant. I stopped to let her cross, as it is the law to do this. If one simply cannot stop, it becomes a matter for a judge to determine if it might have been safe or unsafe to do so.
At any rate, there was a man I know, driving very fast westbound and when I determined that he had no intention of stopping, I honked my horn loud and long, to alert the girl, already now about five feet into the crosswalk and also to alert the driver to the fact that a pedestrian was in danger.
He had plenty of time and space to stop. His response? He immediately gave me the finger out his driver’s side window, sped right through the crosswalk and almost killed the girl. Had I not honked, she would have proceeded and been killed, absolutely no doubt about it.
Now I ask this man, do you think your behavior was appropriate for a businessman in a small town? How would you feel if your doctor, your waitress, your barber or your banker gave you the finger? Worse yet, how would you feel if you had hit and killed the girl, after giving us the finger?
Remember, this is a small town. People know us as businessmen. They hear and see things. They talk about these things among themselves.
Something to think about.
Wayne Boylan, Aldergrove
