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Spay, neuter drivers for safety?
Date published: 10/7/2006
Wow! Letter-writer Dennis Boettcher just called me a "stupid and reckless" driver ["Talk on the cell phone ," Sept. 27]. Well, sticks and stones! I prefer to refer to myself as American, and proud of it. What makes this country different from most others? Our individual freedoms. And talking on my cell phone while driving is a much-appreciated one. I've been driving for 14 years, having clocked in hundreds of thousands of miles. My driving record is completely free of blemish, with not even a parking ticket to fess up to. Am I "reckless" and "swerving like a drunken driver" when I use my cell phone? No. However, when I'm on Interstate 95 when my infant drops her pacifier on the floor, and I'm frantically trying to reach behind my seat to retrieve it and plug it back into her mouth, while at the same time flailing my arm in the back seat at my two toddlers who are fighting over a moldy sippy cup they found under their car seat, I confess! Guilty as charged! Would Mr. Boettcher now suggest we ban passengers under the age of 10? In my experience, this factor doubles "reckless driving" as compared with a little chitchat on a cell phone. Angela Sundaramurthy Milford
Date published: 10/7/2006
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