Euriel Moulton: A constant outside Merl Grove High

Today, Automotives closes off its series on school crossing guards with a trip to Constant Spring Road, where the ladies of Merl Grove High have to deal with a challenging traffic situation.

Managing the highly trafficked, potentially dangerous intersection of Dunrobin Avenue and Constant Spring Road in the Corporate Area, to provide safe passage for numerous students, is no easy feat.

However, traffic-warden Euriel Moulton, with his in-depth knowledge and a keen eye on the situation, gets the job done.

Moulton, who has been working as a traffic warden for the last eight years outside the all-girl Merl Grove High School, has experienced several changes to the road design, as well as motor vehicle and pedestrian patterns.

The most dangerous part of the job, he said, is monitoring the busy thoroughfare when he has to deal with the large number of students from nearby Merl Grove High, as well as another all-girl institution, the Queen's School, using Constant Spring Road.

The problem is exacerbated when motorists from Dunrobin Avenue are turning onto Constant Spring Road and vice versa.

"On a Wednesday, Merl Grove and Queen's over around the same time, so I have the two of them coming down on me at the same time. Sometimes, the amount of them is too much because the light changes eventually. Sometimes it's 40 and 50 of them coming down at me at the same time and that's the difficulty I face," Moulton said.

Not only does he work as a traffic warden, on weekdays, from 6:30 - 8:00 a.m. and from 2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m., but Moulton also serves the Merl Grove High School in another capacity.

Similar to other traffic wardens in the Corporate Area with whom Automotioves spoke, Moulton bemoaned disobedient motorists who refuse to heed his directives.

"Some motorists stop, and then some don't really want to stop. Some of them will be on their phones, not paying attention. Some of them are also trying to beat the light," Moulton said.

Mondays and Fridays are the busiest times of the week for him, with mornings significantly busier than afternoons.