For the past 18 years, I have driven approximately 100 miles each day, first taking my husband to work in Walnutport and then going to my own job at The Press office in South Whitehall.

In the evening, the 100-mile circle is completed when we leave work and return to our Kempton home.

There is not a day that goes by when at least one driver does something stupid causing me to say, "There goes another idiot."

Drivers on Mountain Road, Heidelberg Township, are notorious for not stopping at stop signs.

I experienced this personally when the driver of a van broad-sided my car several years ago.

I don't even want to discuss the drivers who pass me on a hill along that roadway when vehicles possibly coming from the opposite direction can't be seen.

For some reason, even though the speed limit in front of Parkway Manor Elementary School, South Whitehall, is posted 25 mph, except when the school zone light is flashing at certain times of the day, there is a driver (I believe it is the same driver in a Land Rover) who at least once or twice a month revs his engine and zooms past my vehicle as if to say, "Speed limit? What speed limit?"

Statewide, local and state police are participating in aggressive driving enforcement activities until May 4.

According to information provided by Robin A. Rivera, Lehigh Valley coordinator of the North Central Highway Safety Network in Northampton, the focus of the statewide campaign is distracted driving, speeding and work zone safety.

On April 23, South Whitehall and Upper Macungie police officers took part in the enforcement effort.

I know the police cannot be everywhere and I certainly am not advocating surveillance cameras at every street corner, although putting a couple by the elementary school might be a good idea for a variety of reasons.

The aggressive driving issue, as with most problems in society, comes down to personal responsibility.

Aggressive and drunk drivers are selfish individuals who only care about themselves, not those whom they may hurt or kill.

Until they are forced to face the results of their actions, which unfortunately all too often lead to the expense, pain and death of others, they will continue on their merry way.

Deb Palmieri

editor

Parkland Press

Northwestern Press