Thursday, Aug. 7, 2003 | 8:33 a.m.
So, we have had a death in the Las Vegas Valley due to drag racing. Is anyone really surprised?
Look at the influences on driving we see on a daily basis. On the left lane of any of our freeways we see ignorant people driving well above the speed limits with little, if any, evidence of traffic law enforcement. Commercials on television for virtually all brands of automobiles stress speed over safety or fuel economy. We also have a motor speedway at which drivers, especially the young, are shown that speed is power.
Finally, commenting on the drag-racing death reported in the media, we have a Metro Police officer who, instead of discouraging speeding, says that those persons should have taken it to a track. Logic says that we should, instead, show speeding as stupid and dangerous under any conditions.
WALLACE J. HENKELMAN
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