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" There's only one problem with that. Last month the Peoria Police Department decided to do a "sting" after receiving numerous complaints of high school students jaywalking. After school, the students would cross in the middle of the block without looking for cars, they'd dart in and out of traffic, and some would walk 5 and 6 students abreast in the middle of the road. So the police force decided to focus on those areas around high schools for a few days. They wrote lots and lots of jaywalking tickets. Now what do you think happened when those kids brought their tickets home to their parents that night? Do you think the kids were punished and forced to pay the fine themselves? Nope, instead the students and their parents played the race card. Yup, they called the entire police department racist and even protested at city hall!! The lesson learned by the kids from all this: all you have to do to get out of being punished for doing something wrong is cry race. Can you believe that?! "

" Well when you quit taking atvantage of the situation to pat yourself on the back and pass nanny state laws that punish everyone for the stupidity of one or two people maybe they'll quite commenting about it. "

" Before they complain about drivers hitting pedistrians maybe they should start issueing jaywalking tickets "

" Very well said Move. These are children in College. Most of them have chosen a profession and are working toward that profession. Is there a class in Common Sense listed anywhere in the classes to choose? Obviously not. These College children are idiots, steming from the fact, I think, that they had no parental upbringing at home. School street had to be closed off because they didn't know how to watch for vehicle traffic. Poor them. Now what are you going to do, reroute the train, which like someone said is a large noisy metal vehicle that runs on tracks, because some idiot didn't know to look both ways at a train track? This is the next generation of adults and they're idiots. "

" Did the satisfaction you got from your "witty" little comment feel good? Because I hope that none of your surviving relatives have to read anything like that after they attend your funeral in the future. Way to make fun of a tragic situation. Way to go. "

" Why is it that when someone does something stupid, like say, oh walk in front of a bus,train, car and dies, all of a sudden the campus tightens down. At U of I we've had two girls get hit by buses. Why? Because they were on their cell phones not paying attention to where they were going. It's sad, very sad, but in college you should know the rules of the road. "

" its very hard as a driver when you threw those area,s you can be very carfull and they still walk out in front of you or run in the roads and the lookat you and laugh. i had a bunch play chicken with the car in front of me and the guy did his best not to hit them but it was like they whanted to get hit i dont think this behavor are fair to the driver and i have a child in collage, and i would be very upset with him if he was doing this stuff "

" think something should be done about the students safety. Like telling them to watch before walking out into the street even though there are cars coming. I wonder if the students do this out of ignorance or arrogance or some other reason. Either way they do it all the time. It is amazing more do not get hurt. I guess the people in the cars are watching what they are doing. The students sure aren't. I can't believe they don't know better. "

" ISU president and chief of police need to think more about what they say - I made a complaint about 2 students jaywalking right in front of me on college ave with no cross walk and speed of 30 mph which i had to swerve and put my vehicle in a nose dive to keep from hitting them - An email was sent to the police dept & presidents office and this response i got back at 2:51 the afternoon of the train accident "I am sorry you had the misfortune of an “almost” encounter with a pedestrian. We have taken an active educational approach in the past and are still addressing the problem today. In certain circumstances, pedestrians are allowed to cross streets when not in a crosswalk as long as they yield to traffic. When they don’t yield, that is when the danger takes place. If our officers come across violations regarding pedestrian traffic, just as any other Illinois Vehicle Code violation, they definitely can enforce the law by writing tickets. However, the city streets belong to the Town of Normal and you might also want to address the situation with them" "

" Don't be an idiot and watch for large trains coming at you. There, feel safer? Darwin was right, the gene pool needs some chlorine. "

" Give me a break. They're going to ban walking accross tracks because someone didn't bother to look before crossing the tracks (assuming it was an accident). It's a tragety but not my fault. Don't punish everyone. It's not in any way dangerous. The trains are loud and slow. Do you walk out into college avenue without looking first? "

" Trains are not invisible soundless objects that prowl the tracks looking for prey. They are huge, noisey, moving tons of metal, on obvious train tracks, that vibrate the land as they pass. If you do not know how to recognize when one is coming up, and going by, then no amount of safety classes will help you. "

" Classes to teach adults to stay out of the way of huge pieces of metal traveling at speed. If you have not learned to cross the street, or train tracks by the time you are in college, how did you survive this long? If your natural instinct for survival does not cause you to pay attention to the roads or train tracks, then natural selection....... If you see a huge chunk of metal, and hear a loud noise coming at you... MOVE. "

" intersection everyday to and from work. Just this morning a college student walked through that intersection without even looking up. Yes he may have had the right away, but he should had at least checked to make sure cars were going to stop for him. Car traffic is bad at that intersection too, people don't take their turn in order. The intersection on School and College is bad also. Students think they can cross wherever and whenever they want. I still don't get how I can have a green light and have to stop for a student who thinks they can just walk right out in front of me. And I'M the one that gets the dirty looks. Or when you get real close to them with your car, they give you dirty looks. "

" I'm glad this subject was brought up. Not only because of the tragedy at the rail crossing, but because of the way students seem to think they are impervious to heavy traffic - especially along Fell Avenue. Defensive driving takes on a whole new purpose in this area. Although the speed limit is 30, you almost have to drive 10-15mph just so you can slam on the brakes in time to keep from hitting a student. It also seems that some students think that if they cross the road (not at a crosswalk but in the middle of the block) in a group, then they have the right-of-way. Besides, if a student gets hit, it's the driver's fault right? You could be driving along and suddenly a student darts out in front of you to cross the road. Apparently, you don't have to be all that smart to go to college. Perhaps, instead of looking at themselves as invincible, they should consider themselves points. "

" I think it is important to remember although this is a tragic story that intersection has been safe enough for students to avoid trouble for years and years and the jury is still out about the details in this case in general. I lived very near those tracks for quite some time and crossed on foot several times a day with no problem. You simply can not protect everyone from everything all the time. "