Do you think that four dead people in a upside down car on the side of Highway 9 will finally inspire enough outrage to force our elected officials, including legislators, prosecutors and judges, to seriously punish the perpetrators of this kind of carnage? (Don’t even think of calling it an “accident.”) Is there any difference between this and the four dead police officers in Lakewood? The outcome is the same and I don’t think the families and friends see any difference.
I remember five dead kids on bicycles in Renton some 20 years ago. The woman responsible served 18 months. Eighteen months for killing five children!
Around the world where there are serious penalties, up to and including the death penalty, there are few problems with driving impaired.
Over the last few days I’ve read about crashes blamed on alcohol or on various road conditions or on other factors. Here is where the problem lies. It seems we want to place blame everywhere except where it belongs. When you get behind the wheel, you are responsible! You had better be in 100 percent condition to drive with the ability and the will to concentrate on the primary task; no booze, no multi-tasking.
There are more people in Snohomish County than in five of the states. All this traffic allows no room for error. We need to hold drivers to a very high standard. If their lack of ability or lack of will results in this kind of carnage, the consequences need to be severe.
Fred C. Howard
Snohomish
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