Letter to the editor

I almost killed someone this morning.

How's that for an opener? Terrifying, but true.

I was driving back to town from the dump, almost to the four-way stop by the school when a woman and young girl on bicycles came around the corner (from the direction of the fairgrounds), and turned onto the dump road, riding past me without stopping at the stop sign. I was starting my right turn to head down to Main Street, when two young boys on bicycles shot through the same intersection (also from the direction of the fairgrounds) in front of me. I slammed on my brakes and barely avoided hitting them. They then steered across into the oncoming lane and almost ran into the side of an RV. They continued down the block in the center of the road, and ran through the Main Street stop sign, again without stopping, apparently oblivious of the risks they were taking.

Parents, I'm begging you: please, teach your children to STOP at the stop signs and to obey all of the rules of the road. Don't be the cause of them being hurt of killed, and don't cause drivers carry the kind of guilt that comes with injuring a bicyclist.

Sincerely,

Maxine Morgan