Do it yourself: Traffic Safety
A grad student from Ball State, up in Muncie decided to take matters into his own hands when the city refused to put in a pedestrian crosswalk on the street in front of his house: He went to Wal-Mart, got some paint and put in in himself. He was arrested by city police and charged with Criminal Mischief. After he was charged, he went back to touch up the paint on the crosswalk and the state hit him with a second count. Ultimately, he missed a court dated and ended up with 10 hours in jail.
He is unrepentant: He plans to install 3 more crosswalks at the intersection.
Man Jailed For Creating Crosswalk, Vows More (WRTV Indianapolis).
