Almost everybody speeds at some time. Driving at more than double the speed limit in a residential area, however, is insane and despicable.

Since Lincoln school has opened up, a straight stretch of Riverview Drive — between Granada Drive and Summerset Lane — has been a speedway that is apparently impossible to resist, for many of my neighbors (some whom I recognize as community leaders), and to most of the folks who transport their Lincoln students. Oddly enough, on Sundays, there are not as many speeders, proportionately, during church commute hours. That is a statement.

But for the black-haired lady with the 1960s ’do who was eastbound at 60+ mph in her gray Mercedes-clone four-door late model car at 1:40 p.m. on Oct. 22 while several youngsters were in a front yard — double shame on you. No matter who you are, your time is just not that important. It takes a minimum of 175 feet to stop a car traveling at 50 mph, foolish and selfish lady. See http://www.driveandstayalive.com.

John C. Clark,
Madera

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