Next time, Save the paint

As my wife and I walked North on Route 1 in College Park, this evening, I was the first to notice that the town of CP had painted white stripes alongside the cross walks. I said something like, its about time. My wife said, does it really matter? Are the stripes going to matter when someone mows us down?

After we finished our low Cal ice cream, I suggested we try out the newly painted crosswalk. Bravely I stepped off the curb onto the crosswalk with the white stripes on either side. Then we waited and waited for a car to make the decision to stop. Not one car stopped. In fact I got the feeling the cars were speeding up as they approached us.
We finally crossed when all the cars had passed us without even slowing down. Actually, I'm wrong. Three cars did slow down to make illegal U turns.

With my luck,the one time I do not use the white striped crosswalk,I will get a ticket for jay walking.
You could have saved your money College Park! Other than my wife, myself and a dozen or so other people, no one stops for persons in crosswalks anymore.
How quickly we forget how to drive!