Letter: Bad drivers are the real problem

Friday, Sept. 6, 2002 | 5:42 a.m.

There is nothing wrong with the I-215 beltway -- the layout construction, its eventual completion date, and any speed limitations that are on it now.

What's wrong are our so-called "drivers" who are speeding, passing others in unmentionable maneuvers from one side to the other and completely ignoring any sign -- be it speed signs or others advising us to a possible danger, reduced speed or whatever. I have been passed doing the speed limit by some who were judged by me to be at least 20-30 mph over the posted limit -- cutting in and out of traffic at high rates of speed. But we are blaming everything and anything when something goes wrong.

What we need is enforcement and higher fines. But maybe what would work even better is traffic violators being sentenced to weekend cleanup of litter along those highways. Maybe then they would remember speed limits and common sense in overtaking and passing other cars.

WERNER CRAATZ

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