Show Whipping Post Only Cure For the Reckless Driver A man in court to answer for injuries he caused by reckless driving admits he wanted to give his guests a thrill thrill-so he endangered the lives of Various various va- va rious and sundry people Fining a felloW like that isn't going to do much good Hes He's already shown that he doesn't knoW how to count the cost Even jailing him probably wont won't do much good The punishment for reckless reck- reck less drivers ought to be the whipping post Colorado has revived the whipping hipping post for convicts who attempt to escape Convicts who attempt attempt at- at tempt escape know they risk death and increased terms of imprisonment if they fail yet are not de- de But th tha penitentiary officials believe the fear of the lash that will make the flesh crawl will prove a d deterrent To my mind it is much worse to drive recklessly recklessly reck- reck lessly on a boulevard endangering the lives of women children childr n strangers who never did you any harm than it is to try to escape from a penitentiary penitentiary peni- peni and therefore more mor deserving of the theone theone one form of punishment which seems to really take hold of the Lea in Los Angeles An- An geles Times |