Liberty High School’s parking lot could be a big problem. Liberty students complain that there is too much traffic every day and could create a dangerous situation for pedestrians and drivers and could cause accidents or injuries.
As more and more drivers come to Liberty, and more students come to LHS it could be a dangerous situation with new drivers and crowded areas and narrow spaces.
With so many new drivers all trying to leave at once it creates scenarios with close calls with a lot of danger involved. Junior Kiran Vournas explained, “The traffic situation is awful, it’s hard to get out and I see an accident on a pretty consistent basis.”
With so many new drivers on the road it can be dangerous for that many people to be leaving at one time and if people are getting into accidents consistently it’s a danger to everybody around.
Another thing to consider is when roads are wet or icy it can increase the already extremely high risk of accidents. From another perspective on this topic Junior Grey Swanson stated that it “could be dangerous due to the number of bad drivers… it gets even more dangerous when it’s winter and the roads are icy… we got rear ended by someone who slipped into our bumper, but everyone was okay.”
Students could come up with ways between themselves or try to push to make new rules to make a safer parking lot. Swanson said, “I think LHS could deal with this situation by either letting groups of people leave at one time or construct one or two more exits so traffic flows smoother.”
To add to this point, Vournas explained his thoughts on the situation; “If we add a traffic officer to the exits [to keep traffic moving efficiently],” it would keep the traffic moving and keep drivers more aware of their surroundings.
To avoid danger LHS students could take some precautions to make sure they are safe and the people around them are safe as well. Going slow in such a busy intersection like this could be beneficial to LHS students as they try to get out of the parking lot faster.
If a lot of students are out walking it could be dangerous in so much traffic and could be bad for people to be walking nearby. A pedestrian opinion on the traffic situation from Junior Jack Arel stated, “It’s hard to walk out there and is always very crowded.”
LHS students and I think changes should be made to the parking lot to make it safer and more efficient to drive and walk through. It is dangerous for LHS students because accidents could happen and could lead to worse possibilities that we don’t need to risk.
