Opinion: Hallway Is Like Road –Walk On Right To Maintain Order
Many students walk down the stairs between classes Dec. 14.
December 14, 2021
Fifth period ends and a stampede comprising half the school comes racing down the stairs.
And these students are just that, a stampede. It is anything but orderly.
Students, who are not lucky enough to have A lunch, ascend the stairs to their sixth period, only to be shoved to the rightmost side of the hallway as the rush barrels past.
The stairs are like a road. There’s a dividing line in the middle that students should respect as the double yellow line is on a road. When ascending the stairs, it’s important to stay on the right side so traffic can move smoothly. Traffic would flow a lot smoother if people going down stayed on their side and people going up didn’t have to move out of the way. Just like if you’re driving on your side and a car was in your lane coming right at you and you had to swerve to get out of the way. Don’t be rude, lunch will still be there when you get there. There is no need to rush.
The same goes for the hallways. Stay on the right side of the hallway, and traffic will flow so much smoother. And if you need to stop, go off to the side. Hug at the side of the hallway. There is no need to stop in the middle of the hallway so people have to walk around you.
The main reason you should stay to the right is that it’s a respect thing. When someone is coming up the stairs, don’t walk down right in front of them and make them move when they’re walking on the correct side of the middle railing.
Some may say that there are more people coming down than going up and that they need more room. This is true, but people going up have to get to class. There is no attendance at lunch, so it’s not necessary to rush to the cafeteria, where as students going to class do need to be to their class on time.
In conclusion, people should stay on the right side of the stairs or hallway because it’s the respectful thing to do, traffic would flow more smoothly, and there’s no need to rush in the first place.
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Nicolas DeRosa • Dec 9, 2024 at 10:15 am
The same thing happens at my school. I tell them that it is the USA, not Bermuda, and to get on the right side of the hallway. I went to Bermuda, so I would know. We drive on the right in America, and the left in Bermuda. Me telling people this really makes them laugh. When I was little, people would always say “Walk on the right side of the hallway except to pass when it was safe to do so.” I would say to myself: “You know what would be cool? To see yellow and white lines in the hallway like a road.” They did this during COVID, and then they got rid of it, but the tape and arrows made the hallway look like a road. And that was fun while it lasted. Me yelling gets people to listen. Also, you know how trucks are prohibited from the left lane on the highway? The way I look at it, crutches, canes, wheelchairs, oxygen tanks, wide loads, heavy loads, people weighing 250 pounds or more, or any one else, that cannot walk as fast as the others for whatever reason, disability, injury, wide/heavy load, etc, etc, etc, are not allowed in the left lane, unless they can still walk as fast as everyone esle, despite the issue. Also, If the hallway is big enough for an odd amount of students side by side (3, 5, 7, etc), the middle is the center turning lane. If it is 1 lane north, 1 lane south, slow humans can go in the center turn lane, but if it is 2 or more north and south with a center turn lane, slow humans can’t be in the fast lane, so they can’t be in the center turning lane. If there is 2 lanes or more in that same direction, then, you need the fast lane to access the center turn lane, so therefore, they (slow humans) can be in the center turn lane in that instance. So, in that instance, they have to go all the way to the end, turn right into the incorrect class, turn back around, go in the right lane on the other side of the hallway when safe, and then, turn into the class that they missed. This will avoid impeding the flow of students in the fast lane, and the center turn lane in this instance. Also, you could try speed limits in the hall. Dormitory hall (residential): 2.5 – 3 mph unless otherwise posted. Classroom hall (highway): 4.5 – 5 unless otherwise posted. Open hall with minimal classrooms (interstate): 5.5 to 6.5+. Lunch room 3.5 to 4 when lunch is in session, limit may be higher when there is not lunch. hallway with mixed dorm and class: 3.5 – 4 unless otherwise posted. Chem lab: .5, art room: 1, all other class rooms: 1.5, bathroom access 2, roof 2, track: unrestricted but minimum speed in track is max speed during day, if max speed during the day is 5, then that’s a minimum during track, with no max speed during track. In conclusion, this is how to navigate the hallways at school.
jhajd • Nov 14, 2022 at 1:05 pm
cool thanks this helped with my research