There was a scene of special kindness at the breezy corner of Millwood Rd. and Sutherland Dr. Monday afternoon. Walk signals are being installed at the intersection at the Fix It Again Sam Plaza. But at about 2 p.m. they were not working yet. In fact, the traffic lights were out and the corner was unattended. This situation made it frankly dangerous for a vision-impaired lady who approached on Sutherland to the north side of Millwood. As you will see in the video, cars and trucks were routinely blowing right through the blanked out lights at speed. The rules call for them to stop. The impaired-vision woman had enough sight to see the walk signal and try to activate it. But she could not tell that they were not working. That’s when a Good Samaritan pulled up to the corner, stopped and got out to explain things to the pedestrian. She then helped the woman across Millwood. So like this great place we live in. As for the drivers who can’t tell a dead traffic signal from a live one — boo on you. Now, the question remaining is whether the new walk signals are like the hardly-working semi-actuated type 2 signals at Bayview and Manor (Fleming) and Bayview and Merton (McRae). There is a rude name for them. If someone knows if these are type 2 before we get back to check them, let us know at news@bayview-news.com
