Traffic lights and bollards in the Cagliari section of via Peretti. This is the request of the parents of the students of the Euclide high school to the Municipality of Cagliari, after the tragedy that claimed the life of Xuanming Guan, the 16-year-old Chinese boy who was hit and killed by a car while crossing on the crossing. The young man was headed towards the bus stop that would take him to school, the Azuni catering institute .
«The pain of this loss – they write in a letter sent to the mayor Truzzu and the councilors Mereu and Angius – is shared by the entire school community of the Liceo Euclide in Cagliari, and we feel called to urge urgent intervention to improve road safety in this crucial and heavily trafficked area. We would like to underline that this letter is promoted by parents as Class Representatives of Euclide High School, who unite in asking for particular attention to the review and strengthening of road safety measures in the vicinity of their school and more precisely in pedestrian crossings of Via Peretti, near the bus stops and in those under the overpass of the Peretti/Stamira roundabout".
«Monday's accident – continues the letter – highlights the need to adopt concrete measures to guarantee maximum safety for students and all pedestrians who use pedestrian crossings. In this context, we urgently ask for the installation of special traffic lights or deterrent systems aimed at limiting the speed of vehicles near these critical areas (deterrents with optical, acoustic or vibratory effects). It should be noted that in via Peretti, in the section under the jurisdiction of the Municipality of Selargius, raised pedestrian crossings already exist , while, in the long straight stretch under the jurisdiction of the Municipality of Cagliari, these or other measures which guarantee the protection of pedestrians during the phase are missing. crossing the road. Zebra crossings should be safe and secure places, yet the recent event demonstrates that immediate action is required to prevent future incidents and protect the lives of our students."
Also in the parents' sights are the hedges, which run along the entire stretch of road, not recently pruned which "preclude daytime and nighttime views at the crossing level".
(Unioneonline/vf)
