Changes-Leah Noble

The one reason I hate being in a large crowd is because of the oblivious people who walk as slow as possible and stop in the middle of an area where people are trying to walk. Not to mention the ones that walk into the traffic instead of with the flow. My solution to this, however, should be very familiar and easily implemented in malls, schools, and any other public places. First, I must ask, why is it that we don't have this problem with people driving cars? The answer is simple; traffic laws, stoplights, lanes, stop signs, parking lots, shoulders, etc. Why not do the same for pedestrians, indoors? First, hallways must be divided. One must travel on the right side of the road. Second, add stoplights and left turn lanes to main intersections to make it easy to get where you need to go, without all the bumping and chicken-playing people do trying to turn left. Third, add shoulders or areas that people can stop to do whatever they feel needs stopping to do. One may ask, how are you going to get people to comply with this? My reply, or rather my question, is, how do we get motorists to comply? Traffic laws; rules that, if not followed, result in consequences. In public, give tickets that violators have to pay; at schools, referrals, detention, and safe should suffice. By turning our indoor public walking areas into places where traffic laws and systems apply, everyone will get to where they are going faster and without the annoyances and inconveniences that some people cause.