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Pedestrian Deaths
Rise In State
Expressing concern over Vir ginia’s mounting toll of pedestrian deaths. Col. H, W. Burgess, Superintendent of .State Police and Chairman of the Governor’s Highway Safety Committee, noted that the 216 killed in 1967 represented not only the third straight year in which such deaths have increased but the largest number killed since the 225 of 1953. Colonel Burgess cited Virginia law (Code 46.1-231) which gives the pedestrian absolute right of way as long as he Is obeying the Taw and requires that a motorist come to a full stop if necessary to give it to him. “This applies,* he said, “even when the motorist is turning on a green light into the street the pedestrian is crossing on the same green light.* However, Colonel Burgess warned pedestrians against insisting too strongly on their legal rights. “Almost invariably,* he continued, “the pedestrian is either killed or seriously injured when struck by an automobile. Thus giving up a few seconds sometimes is obviously the better course." He noted further that pedestrians are particularly vulnerable at night and that surveys indicate that about half of the adult pedestrians killed had been drinking. Parents were asked to use the utmost caution when permitting small children to be exposed to traffic. ‘No matter how much we warn them,* he advised, “we must remember that their minds are still immature and that they quickly respond to a sudden impulse. There were 182 pedestrians killed in 1966, 163 in 1965, and 185 in 1964.
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