Living off-campus is pretty close to every college students dream. Having an apartment, or townhouse to call your own give you a sense of adulthood. Like this is what its gonna be like once you graduate.

Although with all the perks of living off-campus there are some downsides. If you're like me you don't drive and walk everywhere while you're at college. My townhouse is barely a block away from campus which makes it very convent until it comes time to cross the street.

There are crosswalk buttons at both of the crosswalks that lead to and from the townhouse complex. These buttons trigger yellow flashing lights that are above a crosswalk sign. This whole system is designed to notify nearby drivers that there is some about to cross the street, is crossing the street, or just crossed the street.

The strange thing is, no one seems to care about what these yellow flashing lights mean. I have watched numerous cars to blow through the crosswalk while these lights were flashing. Not to mention the times that I or my friends were already in the crosswalk. Cars will speed up so they don't have to stop.

It amazes me that drivers would rather risk hitting a student than to slow down and pay a bit more attention while driving around the University. I realize you have places to go, and you want to get to your destination as quickly as possible, or maybe you're running late. But I would like to get to where I'm going safely and without the threat of being hit by a car in a crosswalk.

As a person that drives you have a level of responsibility. I think many drivers especially those who have been driving for a long time, forget about this responsibility. Not only to keep those in you're car safe but also to cause no harm to those around your car.