We’d like to hope that the installation of a stop light at Bond and Gunderson will serve as a desperately needed antidote to our recent plague of deaths there but given the way people drive in North Kitsap on a regular basis, we’re skeptical.

Is it needed? Absolutely. We’re not going to argue that. Will it reduce the number of motorists who try to cut across the busy intersection at inopportune time? Most definitely. Will it correct poor driving habits that many motorists show daily? Not a chance.

Numerous accidents, though non-fatal, occur on a regular basis on the traffic light-laden State Route 305. This week, a 21-year-old driver was going 100 mph — that’s 55 mph above the speed limit — on Gunderson Road before slamming into a school bus full of Kingston students. Thankfully, none of the children were injured but if drivers aren’t noticing gigantic yellow buses with flashing red lights until it’s too late, what exactly are they noticing?

More and more, residents are pushing their luck at traffic signals, red lights are run routinely and stop signs are treated as if they are triangular and read “Yield.”

This trend is unsettling and is only going to get worse as the North End’s population continues to boom. One might be inclined to point the finger at our younger drivers but would be wrong in doing so. At one time or another, we’ve all been guilty of inattentive driving.

Some of us are just more fortunate than others and avoid accidents, injury and death. But it’s becoming Vegas odds around here lately and an increasing number of drivers are finding that their luck is running out.