Slowing down saves gas and lives
Tuesday’s Letters to the Editor contained a gem by Joseph Cusamano of St. Charles. That letter should have been on the FRONT PAGE with a stars and stripes border.
He writes about city driving. Out here in the foothills of the ozarks, same deal. If you drive 55, the speed limit, on our hilly, curvy roads, impatience is riding your bumper, all you can see is the top of his or her hood. If you come around a curve and a deer is standing there, the tailgater would be IN your car. Added to that, their frustration at 55 is often so great that they whiz around you when a hill
or a curve is just ahead. It is almost DEMANDED that you run at at least 65 to save yourself from being rear ended or the cause of a SPLAT because they hit an oncoming car in passing you.
It really DOES save gas to slow down, folks, and in the country, it saves lives, too. Does the GOVERNMENT have to tell us, as it did back in World War II?
Leona Heitsch
Bourbon, Mo.
(4 votes, average: 1 out of 5)
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The deer up here in North St. Louis County don’t know how to stay off the road either, but I bet that they can read a speed limit sign!