Voi 10, No. 10 A Shoreline Community, Pine Knoll Shores, N.C.
Crosswalks
and Pedestrian
Safety
Byjohn Brodman
What you need to know
Question: Why did the chicken
cross the road? Answer: To prove to
the possum that it can be done, safely.
Judging by the evidence, it v^rould seem
hke possums must be among the least
knowledgeable critters on the planet
when it comes to pedestrian safety on
roadways, but possums aren’t the only
ones at risk. According to the North
Carolina Department of Transportation
(NCDOT), there are more than 2,200
pedestrians involved in police-reported
crashes with motor vehicles each
year in North Carolina (this excludes
bicycUsts). Between 150 and 200
pedestrians are killed each year, and
an additional 200 to 300 are seriously
injured. Older adults and young
children are especially vulnerable.
Nearly 85% of pedestrians involved in
collisions with motor vehicles traveling
at speeds of 40 mph or more are at
risk of dying from their injuries. Cars
are bigger than we are. In a direct
confrontation, pedestrians almost
always lose. This article examines some
things your town is doing to enhance
pedestrian safety and presents some
other information you need to know to
avoid becoming a “possum.”
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April 2014
Photo by Dan Law
PKS Heritage Tree Program
By Pete Trebbe
The trees, the trees; you ve got to move to Pine JCnoll Shores for the trees.” That’s what we heard irom a friend as we were
looking for a house in the area, and he was right. Not long after moving in, I volunteered as a member of the Community
Appearance Commission (CAC), the group that monitors how our neighborhoods look. As I began research to learn what
programs the town had in place to protect the trees, I quickly learned that Pine KnoU Shores is a Tree City. The Tree City
designation is involved and requires a lot of effort to maintain the title. In addition to the Tree City designation, I was interested
m a program to help protect and monitor the beautiful old trees in our neighborhood.
The CAC has enhanced the Pine Knoll Shores Heritage Tree Program to protect trees deemed to be irreplaceable (based on
size, age, rarity and botanical, aesthetic or historical value). The commission has created a form for any homeowner in Pine
Knoll Shores to use to nominate a tree on his or her private land or on publiq land for designation as a heritage tree. Members
liil
e Pine Knoll Shores Radio Station broadcasts 24 tiours a day
with weather and emergency info.
EMERGENCY - CALL 911
ECC 726-1911 • PUBLIC SAFETY 247-2474
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