Dear Editor,
Many of us do not take serious matters seriously. We are committing suicide; mass suicide now more than ever.
For example, Lone Ranger heard the news recently that six persons died in a motor vehicle accident, and it was a result of speeding. But the same Lone Ranger who heard of that terrible tragedy was driving a Coaster bus filled with passengers the following day and he lost control of the vehicle while negotiating a corner. The bus overturned and seven people died and others seriously injured. The cause of the tragedy stemmed from speeding.
Mary Jane knew that Harry is a fast driver, but she was bent on taking his taxi to the market. And when he stepped on the gas to a maddening speed, Mary said nothing to him. The car ran off the road and crashed into a tree. Both of them died on the spot.
We have heard, more than once, that most of our road fatalities are caused from speeding. Can you imagine, then, if the culprits of fast driving were cutting their speed? Many dead passengers, dead drivers and dead pedestrians could have been alive today. What a great loss of lives. We are purposefully killing ourselves.
When we get serious about life, when we begin to take serious matters seriously, in the driving arena, the mass deaths from traffic crashes will decline.
Donald J McKoy
donaldmckoy2010@hotmail.com
Many of us do not take serious matters seriously. We are committing suicide; mass suicide now more than ever.
For example, Lone Ranger heard the news recently that six persons died in a motor vehicle accident, and it was a result of speeding. But the same Lone Ranger who heard of that terrible tragedy was driving a Coaster bus filled with passengers the following day and he lost control of the vehicle while negotiating a corner. The bus overturned and seven people died and others seriously injured. The cause of the tragedy stemmed from speeding.
Mary Jane knew that Harry is a fast driver, but she was bent on taking his taxi to the market. And when he stepped on the gas to a maddening speed, Mary said nothing to him. The car ran off the road and crashed into a tree. Both of them died on the spot.
We have heard, more than once, that most of our road fatalities are caused from speeding. Can you imagine, then, if the culprits of fast driving were cutting their speed? Many dead passengers, dead drivers and dead pedestrians could have been alive today. What a great loss of lives. We are purposefully killing ourselves.
When we get serious about life, when we begin to take serious matters seriously, in the driving arena, the mass deaths from traffic crashes will decline.
Donald J McKoy
donaldmckoy2010@hotmail.com