Sunday I saw a vehicle driving north on South Water street in Edgartown through the Cooke street intersection. When I yelled they were going the wrong way, she replied that it was okay because she was correcting her mistake. She then turned into Davis Lane. Later I came down South Summer street and was almost hit by a vehicle that did not feel the stop sign at High street pertained to them. They raced through the one on School street too. Fortunately the vehicle headed north on School street did stop. Later as I was biking down School street, the vehicle in front of me turned right on Davis Lane despite the one-way sign. I am now officially scared! Interestingly, all the vehicles were Jeep Wranglers or something very similar. Two were driven by young women. I could not see the driver of the third.

I know the police do not have the staff or desire to enforce rules of the road on the bicyclists who ride on the sidewalk or the wrong way on one way streets, but now my life and those I love are in danger from auto drivers who don’t think the rules apply to them either. This goes way beyond the challenge of teaching children on bikes to obey the rules of the road. These are people with drivers license who don’t think those rules apply to them.

What can be done?

Katherine E. Putnam
Edgartown