Letters: Common sense saves more lives than roadwork

Apparently the state plans to use some of the new gas tax money to widen the shoulders on Garners Ferry Road and make other unnecessary repairs in an effort to save lives. To save lives, we need to enforce the laws we have now, such as the speed limits. No safety projects will do any good if drivers don’t practice common sense.

Common sense says you don’t go over the speed limit or drive while texting, drinking or on drugs. You slow down when there is rain or ice on the road. You don’t get in a tailgating line of cars going 85 mph down our interstates.

Yesterday I saw a father driving a golf cart while holding a 2-year-old in his arm. Later I saw a grandma with two small children in a golf cart on Trenholm Road. Neither of these folks would think of getting into a car without strapping the children into a safety seat.

Walkers and runners all over town push strollers, moving with the traffic, most with ear buds in. I learned at a young age you walk facing traffic so you can see that car swerving toward you; you ride a bike with the traffic.

Unfortunately most of our drivers, legislators and even pedestrians are short on this common sense.