Palmer Events Center
Stop Aggressive Bad Driving!
RECEIVED Tue., March 21, 2006
Dear Editor,
I see where there was yet another 18-wheeler wreck on I-35 (Thursday 3/16 at Slaughter), causing all kinds of chaos for the rest of us drivers for the rest of the day. Isn't anyone sick of these guys (and the rest of the aggressive, bad drivers out there). I see it every morning on my commute from Kyle to South Austin; tractor-trailer drivers all going over the speed limit and 80% riding the ass of the poor person in front of them. I see a near accident almost every day, but no law enforcement until there is a wreck.This situation is easily fixed. First, get the Legislature to pass some tough penalties for tailgating (the main cause of most accidents) and then use unmarked cars to catch these fools. (Real unmarked cars – not black or white Ford Crown Vics which any person with a double-digit IQ could spot.) Second, stop giving a driver's license to any idiot who can parallel park. We need to start teaching driving like the Germans – two months of intense training in the city and on the freeway. Forty thousand Americans die each year in traffic accidents, most of which are totally preventable. Again, speeding and tailgating. Oh, and here's a tip; the left lane is for passing. It's not your personal speedway. And get off the #@!*& cell phones. Let's stop bad and aggressive driving now. It costs us all!
I see where there was yet another 18-wheeler wreck on I-35 (Thursday 3/16 at Slaughter), causing all kinds of chaos for the rest of us drivers for the rest of the day. Isn't anyone sick of these guys (and the rest of the aggressive, bad drivers out there). I see it every morning on my commute from Kyle to South Austin; tractor-trailer drivers all going over the speed limit and 80% riding the ass of the poor person in front of them. I see a near accident almost every day, but no law enforcement until there is a wreck.This situation is easily fixed. First, get the Legislature to pass some tough penalties for tailgating (the main cause of most accidents) and then use unmarked cars to catch these fools. (Real unmarked cars – not black or white Ford Crown Vics which any person with a double-digit IQ could spot.) Second, stop giving a driver's license to any idiot who can parallel park. We need to start teaching driving like the Germans – two months of intense training in the city and on the freeway. Forty thousand Americans die each year in traffic accidents, most of which are totally preventable. Again, speeding and tailgating. Oh, and here's a tip; the left lane is for passing. It's not your personal speedway. And get off the #@!*& cell phones. Let's stop bad and aggressive driving now. It costs us all!
Rich Lasher
Kyle
Kyle