The intersection of Southwest 160th and 19th Ave Southwest is a disaster waiting to happen.

At least seven out of 10 cars blow through the intersection when turning left, from 160th onto 19th, even though there are stop signs and stoplights winking their presence.

Nineteenth SW runs right past the Gregory Heights school and this afternoon at 3 p.m. (3/1/10,) four cars failed to stop at the left turn from 160th onto 19th. These four cars were so close together that if one of them had stopped, all four would have been totaled. So running the light may have seemed like a blessing in disguise.

However, this should never have happened because the cars were going too fast and following too closely. The intersection is a bad one.

There needs to be a solution: a camera to catch the culprits? Or speed bumps like there are at 160th and 16th? Or some sort of citizen patrol, deputized to take license plate numbers and report the infraction?

We really need a solution. The children will thank us!

Elizabeth M. Williams
Seahurst