2 Friday, August 31, 2018brooklintowncrier.com I spent about 15 hockey seasons working with a gentleman whose opinions were best expressed by this: I don't understand. He'd apply it in any manner of circumstance where someone of otherwise sound mind was either bereft of common sense or just couldn't/ wouldn't follow simple instructions. His words come to mind often these days. Watford St. It's hard to say what the thinking was behind creating bike lanes along Watford in front of Winchester Public and St. Leo Catholic schools. They don't strike me as a traffic calming measure on a road populated by herds of children, parents, and cars on school days, about 190 of them a year. I also don't envision many elementary littluns trundling down Watford to school on their bikes. A debate has raged about whether or not the street should have more stop signs (cheap) or a roundabout (pricey) since drivers just can't be trusted. Moreover, our ward councillor, Rhonda Mulcahy, has expressed clear support for photo radar in all school zones as have other Whitby councillors. There's no cheap way to address an issue concerning human behaviour that goes awry. Watford is a two-lane street, the new bike lanes notwithstanding, with a posted speed limit of 40. What's been added are signs indicating school crosswalks as well as ones indicating that drivers must yield to bikers before turning right onto side streets. Frankly, I've had my fill of clever graphical signage. The first time I drove down Watford after the changes, I had to examine them a little longer than was comfortable. What's wrong with a large sign that spells out, "VEHICLES MUST YIELD TO CYCLISTS!"? I don't understand... Less than Half the Picture By Richard Bercuson (Continued on page 3)