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# Larry Mollin Santa Monica Walking across street a deadly prospect
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/larry-mollin-santa-monica-walking-across-street-a-deadly-prospect-editor/
- Published: 2004-01-13T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T03:31:48.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Pico, #archive-import

*By Michael E. Daniels Santa Monica*

I am writing this letter in concern for the safety of myself, as well as other pedestrians. There is a pedestrian crosswalk on Pico Boulevard and Third Street, the crossing between the bowling alley and the Civic Center parking lot, and between Fourth and Main streets.

I cross that street on average of four times a day, which I am always taking a chance of getting hit by one of the rude drivers who have no regard for pedestrians. You see many of them on those cell phones and not paying attention. There’s a flashing signal stripe in the road, which I imagine are hard to see during the daytime, but I am a big man and you can’t help but to see me when I am crossing.

I have on numerous occasions informed the Santa Monica Police traffic department of many incidents with this crosswalk and drivers not yielding to the pedestrians. I have been told they will step up the patrol. I have yet to see the patrol step up in any way. I have even suggested a stop signal be put there. That crossing is truly dangerous.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on January 13, 2004.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/011304.pdf?ref=smdp.com)