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<DIV><FONT size=2>Hi all,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Rick and I were talking about Gipp and me walking from
my grandmother's house to Wal Mart. When I leave my grandmother's house in her
allotment it's about a four block walk with no sidewalks to get to the
closest main street, route 43. When I come out to route 43 there's no safe
way to cross the street. Traffic from my left is just coming over a hill.
I would have to turn right and walk , with traffic, for about a half mile to get
to the first major intersection which is route 18. In fact that's
the first street. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Once I come up to route 18 and route 43 it's a
light controlled intersection. I would need to turn left to cross over
route 43. Once Gipp and I cross over route 43 we will be walking down
route 18 against traffic without any sidewalks for about a mile and a half,
maybe 2 miles. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>About a quarter mile before I get to Wal Mart it starts
to get interesting. I first have to cross an exit from interstate 76.
luckily it's light controlled. A little further on we have an entrance to
interstate 76 . Again light controlled. The last little bit I have to
cross is a business area that has a bunch of small shops and three or four
graveled entrances. Then I come up to the entrance to the Wall Mart lot.
Then I turn left. Not one sidewalk the entire time. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Walking back to my grandmother's house from Wal
Mart I will have to walk with traffic on route 18. Rick explained to
me why it would be extremely unsafe to cross route 18 and walk
against traffic. First it would be crossing route 18 in front of Wal Mart. Even
though there's a light there are no markings to cross. But that's not the
hard part. About a quarter mile up I would have to cross an exit from interstate
76 and Mogadore Road. Traffic coming off of Mogadore Road and I-76 will enter
route 18 at about a 45 degree angle. Traffic moves very fast there,
there's no markings to cross and no light. It's extremely unsafe and Rick said
he wouldn't try to cross it and he's sighted. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Rick says there might be a way to cross. This is going to be
hard to explain so bare with me. I could stay on the exit from I-76 facing
traffic, for about 200 feet. There is a traffic light at that point. It would be
very difficult to work with traffic . Whether or not traffic from I-76 has
a red light traffic from Mogadore Road is making continuous right hand
turns. The drivers are watching the I-76 traffic to see if they
can beat somebody out. They never look to the right. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Providing </FONT> <FONT size=2> I can cross at this
light I would walk about 50 feet, with traffic, so that I can cross at the next
light. Traffic coming through this light is either coming straight from Mogadore
Road or making a left turn from I-76. Turning traffic could be coming down the
ramp at least 40 miles per hour and would not be able to see me until they made
the turn with no time to stop. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Because of this one area Rick thinks it would be safer to walk
home with traffic. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>I've talked to Rick about maybe having a trainer come out and
look at this area to see what he or she thinks. do you think I should ask
for a trainer to come out or go by what Rick suggested?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Lori and the Gipper</FONT></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>