Re: “Pedestrians need to be miles forward of drivers with regards to security” [Feb. 17, Opinion]:
Kyle Jacobson’s essay concerning navigating our metropolis streets was proper on level. I’m a bicyclist and for years I’ve skilled near-death conditions after I take my bicycle out of the storage. I, too, have turn into adept at studying the drivers within the automobiles round me to guage the hazard.
One factor I want to add to his considerate essay is that darkly tinted home windows on automobiles make it far more tough to find out whether or not a driver sees me or is wanting the opposite means or twiddling with their telephone. Such tints on home windows are unlawful in Washington state, however these legal guidelines usually are not enforced. Pedestrian and bicycle accidents and deaths would go down drastically if walkers and bikers may at all times see what a driver is doing behind the windshield.
Rhe E. Zinnecker, Burien
