Sonoma Ranch

Have you noticed that most people in the neighborhood (at Sonoma Ranch) when they go for a walk or even a "jog" they walk in the middle of the street instead of using the sidewalks?

Ahh but when they are walking their dogs, the dogs are allowed to roam into the yards and use the landscaping as a "private toilet" while the dog owners look the other way... (well, that subject to be discussed in the near future)

Now my concern is the use of the sidewalks. you might say, "who cares?" well, we ALL SHOULD CARE! Most of the streets in our neighborhood are "winding" streets and the visibility is not that great when the sun is shining on a "driver's" eyes in the daytime and if it is during the night, the neighborhood is PRETTY DARK. This is surely an "accident waiting to happen".

Going for a walk in the neighborhood is a wonderful thing to do but it MUST be done safely to PREVENT accidents and tragedies. PLEASE USE THE SIDEWALKS so that children do the same. Plenty of times I have seen women jogging while they push a baby stroller in the middle of the street.  I find this so disturbing and careless, it is bad enough they choose to risk their safety but even worse to endanger the safety of their own "defenseless" babies. 

Look forward to your thoughts on this....

Leah

Leah,

I am frustrated as both a driver and as a walker...by lack of sidewalks..the sidewalks stop and go or none exist at all. And they are so narrow hard to fit much on them...so I think everyone ends up spilling out unto street due to lack of space..driving is perilous cause your right we have twists and turns in the road so hard to see the people running or walking in the streets when coming around a bend..even if going slow takes a moment to adjust...and yes losts of walkers and joggers don't try and move off to the sidewalk or out of the way whenever a vehicle approaches..I know I am not going to win a contest with 500 pounds of steel so I will hop back on sidewalk or move out of the way of approaching cars...

People not picking up after there own pets poop is just plain RUDE and shows a lack of class.  Some people just never grow up.  Must be some kind of freak defective gene mutation they suffer from. 

These women should lose their babies and be set aflame in a public conflagration like the ol' days, right Leah? I'm just so tired of this entirely reckless behavior that endangers people to the POINT where I have to USE CAPS in order to EXPRESS myself.  COLORS.