Dear Editor:
RE: Please slow down, Sept. 16.
This letter highlights a continuing unfortunate trend. The advent of driverless cars is already upon us. Most drivers are mere “zombies” trying to get to the scene of their next accident as soon as possible. I watch them go by, always speeding and the radio booming away. Most of them must be half deaf if not so already.
Many have absolutely no respect for the environment that they are passing through. Speeding creates more emissions and approximately one in ten vehicles has had the approved exhaust system modified, to make more noise. They think it will make their vehicle run better, but it rarely does. Most motorcycles seem incredibly noisy.
People go on about protecting the mental health of citizens, but they seem oblivious to what is right under their noses; there is no “peace and quiet”. There are many laws already existing that prohibit all the above, but nothing is being done. Why not, you may ask? The problem is simply that there are not enough police officers to deal with it all.
Organized crime is consuming so many man hours that there are not enough police officers to cope with it all. Try standing at the top of any hill in Elora or Fergus and listen to the racket coming from some of these zombie-driven vehicles as they scream up the hills. A police officer stationed there would wear himself out writing tickets, I am sure, but where is he?
Meanwhile, our township council is keeping itself quite busy erecting strange monuments and installing flowerpots blocking accessible parking spots and stopping people getting to their homes.
Malcolm McCulloch,
Fergus