Not enough respect causes road dangers

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After two years as a Bellingham resident, bus rider and pedestrian, my observation is that traffic thrives on a culture of speeding, and an almost scofflaw attitude.

Whose fault is this: the strength of the current pulls in both the willing and the unwilling.

At times, traffic dangerously goads the busses, and a non-jaywalking pedestrian could get more respect as a traffic cone.

If “time is money” then speeding is stealing — unless you want to change the rules to suit the players. Traffic seeks its own level.

This may be a strong statement, yet it is based on hundreds of hours of observation and a 1,001 local incidents I’ve read about, heard about, witnessed and personally experienced.

Richard G. Weiler Bellingham

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