HWY 46
Dear Editor: I found the front page of your April 13 edition with the two contiguous articles concerning wrecks on Texas 46 to be somewhat ironic. In the center top we learn of a man convicted for killing a family of three with his vehicle. Immediately below to the right, the article highlights Bandera County Commissioners’ request to the Texas Department of Transportation to make major improvements to the very same highway in order to avoid the growing number of wrecks. We cannot fault the Commissioners for their action as they are elected officials responding to public pressure; however, motorists should not evade the responsibility of always driving prudently and safely regardless of conditions or the vagaries of others. A driver sentenced to prison for 17 years proves the point. We simply do not have a right to drive the posted speed limit and should always make speed and distance adjustments in the interest of public safety. In fact, the requested TXDOT improvements would require even more driver patience and prudence because of years of single lane traffic and “follow me” pilot car delays. The “definite timelines” requested by the Commissioners will probably fall into the same crater of rectal estimates made nebulous by unforeseen engineering complications and budget shortfalls experienced with other road projects. Intelligent driving would make immediate improvements regardless of when construction begins or ends. Albert Einstein once remarked that only two things are limitless, the universe itself and human stupidity and he wasn’t sure about the universe. Lets prove him wrong.
Donald Stader Lakehills
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