Careless driving ordinance not my vision for the future

TO THE EDITOR:

I hope my fellow citizens of our retirement community share my appreciation of our city officials. Now that we have finished our $5.2 million parking lot, solved our unemployment trouble and rid Mayberry of crime, we can move on to greater visions for the future.

Thanks to them bringing in outsiders to let us know how out of step we are, we can begin to forge ahead. I refer to the proposed careless driving ordinance that?s now under consideration. It?s an ordinance so broad, it could easily lead to abuse.

While we may still have to continue enduring the occasional drunk driver, help is on the way. We will soon see a crackdown on those eating drivers. Certainly, there is nothing more distracting.

To be driving along when you?re hungry and seeing somebody else eating is just not right. I envision we will soon have Friday night roadblocks to catch these criminals.

Soon those eating drivers will be getting their just desserts. Just like the drunk driver, they will be in court awaiting their punishment. The $133 fine and court costs would sure buy a bunch of burgers and fries.

Perhaps they should be given the option of picking up trash along the roadside. If so, then they deserve equal treatment. The drunk driver gets a special vest to alert people going by that he or she is such a driver. The food-eating driver deserves the same. Perhaps a special vest with pictures of food on it. But not real food for then they could be cited for public gluttony.

I believe there are only two classes of people in regards to this ordinance ? those who will admit they are at times distracted while driving and those who would lie and say not me. In the midst of all the problems our city faces, it?s good to know we have time for these bright visions for the future.

David H. Hill

Lyons Street

McMinnville