THUNDERSTORM CONTINUE
NEW TONIGHT -
NEIGHBORS IN BRISTOL
ARE TAKING ACTION TO
PREVENT ANOTHER
TRAGEDY LIKE THE
ACCIDENT TUESDAY
--AFTERNOON -- THAT
CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A SIX
YEAR OLD BOY.
(SN)
ONLY OUR CAMERAS
WERE THERE AS A
HANDFUL OF PARENTS
INSTALLED STOP SIGNS AT
THE INTERSECTION IN
BRISTOL--
WHERE THE BOY WAS HIT
BY A CAR WHILE RIDING
HIS BIKE.
EYEWITNESS NEWS
REPORTER KIM KALUNIAN
HAS BEEN TRACKING THIS
STORY FROM THE
BEGINNING.
SHE JOINS US LIVE NOW
IN STUDIO WITH THE
LATEST.
(KK)
STEVE, SHANNON -- I DID
SOME RESEARCH AND
TOOK A LOOK AT THE
STATE LAW -- WHICH
PROHIBITS PEOPLE FROM
INSTALLING THEIR OWN
TRAFFIC SIGNS ON STATE
ROADS, BUT THESE
PARENTS SAID THEY
DIDN'T WANT TO WAIT ANY
LONGER TO TRY AND MAKE
THE AREA SAFER -- AND
THE RHODE ISLAND DOT
SAYS, THOSE SIGNS, CAN
STAY.
IT ONLY TOOK A COUPLE OF
MINUTES --
A GROUP OF CONCERNED
PARENTS HAULING STOP SIGNS
IN BUCKETS OF CONCRETE TO
THE INTERSECTION OF THE
EAST BAY BIKE PATH AND
POPPASQUASH ROAD IN
BRISTOL FRIDAY MORNING.
We belive is the approriate
solution
for what is a very dangerous
spot
MATT HAYES AND ANGUS DAVIS
AMONG THOSE TAKING IT UPON
THEMSELVES TO INSTALL NEW
SIGNS AT THE PATH, WHERE 6
YEAR OLD MASON STERNE WAS
STRUCK BY A CAR AND KILLED
TUESDAY --
BY WEDNESDAY THE DEM WAS
CLEARING BRUSH FROM THE
AREA AND THE DOT WAS
PLEDGING TO STUDY MORE
THAN 200 BIKE PATH
INTERSECTIONS STATEWIDE --
Our concern is that while the
policy
makers do studies and argue over
which department is responsible
for
the safety of this itnersection
everyone agrees that there
should
be a stop sign here, so taghts
what
we did. You know, action.
STATE LAW PROHIBITS PEOPLE
FROM PUTTING UP TRAFFIC
SIGNS AND SIGNALS WITHOUT
PERMISSION FROM POLICE --
BRISTOL POLICE REFERRED
OUR QUESTIONS TO THE
RHODE ISLAND DOT, WHICH
TELLS US THE SIGNS DON'T
APPEAR TO POSE A HAZARD
AND CAN STAY IN PLACE FOR
NOW --
THOSE WE SPOKE WITH ON THE
PATH LIKE THE NEW SIGNS.
I like that they took it upon
themselves to go do it, a simple
stop
sign right there gives everyone
awareness, people that are maybe
distracted driving to stop and
slwo
down and allow the pedesrians
and
bikers to drive by
We didn't do anything that we
think
is wrong we're just trying to
accelerate a solution
(KK)
AND NOT EVERYONE IS
HAPPY WITH THE NEW
STOP SIGNS, SOME SAY
IT'S THE RESPONSIBILITY
OF THE CYCLISTS AND
PEDESTRIANS TO STOP
FOR CARS NOT THE
OTHER WAY AROUND.
COMING UP NEW AT 6
WE'LL TELL YOU WHAT
ELSE THE TOWN IS DOING
TO TRY AND MAKE THE
INTERSECTION SAFER --
KIM KALUNIAN
EYEWITNESS NEWS.
CONCERNED PARENTS
ARE TAKING MATTERS INTO
THEIR OWN HANDS,
FOLLOWING THE TRAGIC
DEATH OF A YOUNG BOY AT
A BIKE PATH IN BRISTOL.
ONLY OUR CAMERAS
WERE THERE THIS
MORNING AS COMMUNITY
MEMBERS PLACED
TEMPORARY STOP SIGNS
ON THE BIKE PATH
CROSSING -- AT
POPPASQUASH ROAD.
AND TONIGHT -- THE D-O-T
TELLS US THE
UNAUTHORIZED SIGNS
CAN STAY ... FOR NOW.
EYEWITNESS NEWS
REPORTER KIM KALUNIAN
JOINS US LIVE IN STUDIO
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS.
(KK)
SHANNON -- THE PARENTS
SAY THEY'RE NOT TRYING
TO DO ANYTHING WRONG,
THEY'RE JUST TRYING TO
ACCELERATE THE
PROCESS OF MAKING THE
INTERSECTION SAFER.
TAKING IT UPON THEMSELVES --
A GROUP OF CONCERNED
PARENTS HAULING STOP SIGNS
TO THE INTERSECTION OF THE
EAST BAY BIKE PATH AND
POPPASQUASH ROAD IN
BRISTOL FRIDAY MORNING.
Our concern is that while the
policy
amkers do studies and argue over
which department is responsible
for
the safety of this itnersection
everyone agrees that there
should
be a stop sign here, so taghts
what
we did. You know,a ction.
ANGUS DAVIS AND MATT HAYES
SAY THEY DON'T WANT TO WAIT
WHILE THE DOT STUDIES THE
INTERSECTION WHERE 6 YEAR
OLD MASON STERNE WAS
KILLED TUESDAY WHILE RIDING
HIS BIKE...
AND WHILE IT'S AGAINST THE
LAW FOR PEOPLE TO INSTALL
THEIR OWN TRAFFIC SIGNS OR
SIGNALS -- THEY SAY THEY'RE
JUST TRYING TO HELP.
We didn't do anything that we
think
is wrong we're just trying to
accelerate a solution.
THE RHODE ISLAND DOT SAYS
THE SIGNS DON'T APPEAR TO
POSE A HAZARD AND
THEREFORE, THEY'LL LET THEM
STAY UNTIL THEY DETERMINE A
PERMANENT SOLUTION.
THOSE WE SPOKE WITH ON THE
BIKE PATH LIKE THE NEW SIGNS.
I like that they took it upon
themselves to go do it, a simple
stop
sign right there gives everyone
awareness.
(KK)
AND ON WEDNESDAY THE
DEM WAS CLEARING
BRUSH FROM THE AREA --
THIS AFTERNOON ONE OF
THOSE PARENTS TOOK
THIS VIDEO -- TELLING US
VOLUNTEERS WERE BACK
AT THAT INTERSECTION
CLEARING MORE BRUSH
FROM TO IMPROVE
VISIBITLITY FOR DRIVERS
AND BIKERS.
KK EWN.