Newport Beach Residents Sound Off on Safety Issues

Newport Beach, CA- Summer’s nearly here, and with each walk in the park, day at the pool and backyard BBQ comes the risk of snakebites, drowning and fires, but don’t worry! There’s no reason to stay cooped up inside all season.

Patch put together a list of summer safety tips to keep you safe and having fun while the weather’s warm. Make sure to give snakes their distance and always swim with a buddy to stay carefree during the dog days.

Keeping these tips in mind, there are other possible dangers that affect Newport Beach residents year round.

We asked Patch readers what they thought the biggest safety issues were in their town. Here’s a list of the most pressing problems, from break-ins to traffic jams:

• "The cross walks should flash some other color then yellow. Like red or something. If you're not from here you have no clue it means someone is walking across. I don't know the solution but the cross walks are all dangerous from what I've noticed."

• "The root cause of all public safety issues are "conservative" old rich white people undermining democracy. It is especially prevalent in LA and Orange counties."

• "Being a pedestrian or bike rider on the peninsula, you are taking huge chances just to cross the streets AT the crosswalks! I fear for my child riding her bike to school. Blinking lights at crosswalks would be a huge improvement!"

• "Stop sign runners."

• "Morons on bicycles including kids getting out of school."

• "Parking tickets, and yacht brokers."

• "Building more and more facilities (Marina Park, new hotel by West Marine) for more and more people and there is no room for them. It's a peninsula! Inviting people for whom we have no room!"

• " Its always been crosswalks and not adequate bike paths for people. Riding the boardwalk is hair raising."

Is there a problem that wasn’t mentioned? Share it with us in the comments below or on our Newport Beach Patch Facebook page.