The lines of the crosswalks are going the wrong way. All our lives we’ve learned “stay behind the line,” “don’t cross the line,” “he went over the line.”

The direction of the existing lines tell the driver to go and the pedestrian to stop: the exact opposite of the desired message and outcome.

I believe that if the lines were repositioned and painted red, the immediate message to the driver would be to stop.

A few strategic speed bumps and folks staying off their cell phones also would save many pedestrians lives.

Clay Wixon

Kurtistown, Hawaii island

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