All this week, 8 News NOW have been looking into safety on southern Nevada roads. One of the busiest intersections in the Las Vegas valley is where Charleston and Lamb Boulevards cross.

The people who walk in the area know just how dangerous it can be.

“I have almost been hit several times. That is what put me in this condition. I got hit once already,” pedestrian Sam Dawes said.

With cars zooming by at 45 miles per hour, Dawes and his family must navigate the stretch of road just to make his regular doctor appointments. He says each step he takes with his little girl close by ushers in a moment of anxiety.

Reynita Banban spends hours in the median at the intersection asking for donations for a charity she represents. She says it is not her time in the median that scares her. It is just getting there because the crosswalks are almost non-existent.

LAS VEGAS - Daisy Gomez remembers May 9, 2002 as a day that will forever be scarred in her heart. That was the day a tragic car crash claimed the lives of two teens.

The 16-year-old driver, Ashley Troester, was speeding on her way back to Las Vegas High School. Troester and four passengers were returning from a quick lunch at Burger King. She hit the gas but lost control, crashing into a pole and splitting her car in half. The wreck killed her and 17-year-old passenger Natasha Keeter.

"In an instant, everything was gone. Everyone's life changed," Gomez said.

She was Natasha's friend. Now a parent, Gomez says she's a responsible driver because of those tough, agonizing lessons first learned when she was a high school senior.