I currently reside in the new apartment buildings on Stringer Crescent. On Oct. 1, my son was proceeding through the intersection of O’Grady and Stringer on a green light, when a vehicle exiting the CTC plaza made an illegal left turn into the driver’s side of his vehicle.
Neither driver was injured. However, my son’s vehicle sustained more than $16,000 in damage and took more than eight weeks to repair. The other vehicle was a write off.
Subsequently, I have avoided three near misses all stemming from drivers making an illegal left turn onto O’Grady when I have the through right of way on a green light.
On Jan. 17, I made a right turn from Stringer Crescent onto O’Grady Road on a green light. The driver of a massive white pickup turned left out of the CTC plaza onto O’Grady apparently believing he had the right of way.
An incident of road rage ensued. The pickup driver followed me from Stringer Crescent to the intersection of O’Grady Road and Domanio Boulevard all the while attempting to push my SUV off the road and attempting to pass me in the face of oncoming traffic, while continuously sounding his horn. The driver sped through a red light at O’Grady and Domano still sounding his horn.
I suspect during construction of the comple, there was a three-way lighted intersection and when construction was completed, a four-way lighted intersection was installed. From the number of drivers who fail to give vehicular traffic from Stringer Crescent the right of way, I suspect the city failed to properly notify drivers of the change in the intersection status.
I am reaching out in the hope you recognize this issue as a community safety problem and you will assist in educating the public, particularly those who frequent the shopping plaza at Stringer and O’Grady. Perhaps a front page photograph of the intersection lights would aid in the education process. Perhaps the city needs to proactively educate with new signage. The driver of the pickup clearly did not recognize I was turning on a green light and therefore had the right of way.
I hope you will give this issue the attention it requires.
H. Savard
Prince George
