Show A commendable undertaking As was noted in last weeks morgan county news businessmen of this county have undertaken a project of highway safety once each month these civic minded citizens will present a graphic message through the medium of this newspaper in an effort to curb reckless driving and preserve the health and well avell being of automobile drivers and pedestrians dest rians the ink is hardly dry on the widely published announcement that victim X is dead hardly dry either are the tears of his or her saddened family f for or victim X W was is the unknown man woman or child who recently became a shocking national symbol of hideous recklessness on our count rys streets and highways bad enough is the realization that in the years of our nations life a million sons had to die gallantly in battle to preserve the freedoms and privileges we so rightly cherish far worse and strictly dishonorable is the appalling announcement that in only a third of that time we have permitted another million citizens to be battered and crushed to death in traffic accidents needlessly and many times criminally but frightful to the point of reeling unbelief is the cold knowledge that at the present rate we are speeding to a second million such victims within a mere 25 years it must not happen it will not happen if every citizen as a matter of sheer necessity for self preservation does his or her part promptly consistently and courageously let us demand that our lawmakers law makers give us laws with teeth that will stop the speeding drunken reckless drivers let us demand that our police departments part ments enforce the law sternly and impartially and give them enough men to do the job let us tell our judges that well back them up in stiff penalties for flagrant violations finally let us look squarely at our own selves and grimly say yes you too sure this is tough language but it is mild compared to getting splattered to death or maimed for life by some fool at the wheel of this you may be sure unless we write tough talk tough get tough and stay tough an awful lot of us are due for a mighty brief and not at all sweet lif life e we will either stop horror on the highway now or it will stop us any minute businessmen of morgan county are to be commended for promoting this worthwhile highway safety project |