Oxford Residents Sound Off on Safety Issues

Oxford, CT- 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 Oxford 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:

• "Our first Selectmen!"

• "Some school bus drivers."

• "The roads are terrible, the piece of telephone pole hanging incorrectly off another pole on Tram Dr. waiting to fall, the mangled wires coming down captain Wooster, traffic by the high school....where do I stop?"

• "Through traffic."

• "Gotta say, I feel pretty safe here at all times and hours."

• "Inadequate police staffing"

• "Animals cutting across the road"

• "The intersection of Bowers Hill and Good Hill. It was improved, but when taking a left onto good hill it is still dangerous. It should be a 3-way stop."

• "Roads are awful. All that is going on at Woodruff Hill and effecting the swamplands around the Bridle Trail."

• "That people fly through stop signs at high rates of speed."

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