This campus isn’t exactly the safest place for pedestrians. We all know that.Motorcycles whiz through Easy Street gates, cars constantly disobey the on-campus speed limit  — walking is rarely the safest option for students on campus.And after this week’s incidents, both pedestrians and drivers need to be more aware of their surroundings when on or around campus.Ginger Clements, a business administration graduate student, was hit by a vehicle on Nicholson Extension on Wednesday morning. According to the LSU Police Department, both Clements and the driver of the car, Natalee Allen, were on cell phones at the time of the accident.Clements told The Daily Reveille on Thursday she does not remember a lot of what happened Wednesday morning, but witnesses told her Allen “just plowed right into [her].”An incident like this brings to light the importance of safety for pedestrians and drivers on campus. Measures like lower speed limits, crosswalks and Easy Street gates can be implemented, but if pedestrians and drivers aren’t careful themselves, such measures are worthless.And it only takes a split second for an accident to occur. Losing attention for a short amount of time can be harmful.Student Government President Colorado Robertson listed “increased walking patrols” as one of the initiatives he wanted to accomplish while campaigning last spring.What better time to push this issue than now?It’s fortunate Clements was not more seriously injured. She was admitted to Our Lady of the Lake hospital Wednesday and was released later that afternoon.But the fact an accident occurred is enough evidence for University officials to take note and do something to ensure things like this don’t happen again.—-Contact the Editorial Board at [email protected]