Ann Arbor News letter to the editor Part 2
This letter details a litany of complaints, many of which I've been meaning to raise myself, including the obligatory driver safety advice. And a shot-out to the troops!
"A lack of responsibility and respect abounds
"I'm stunned at the audacity of the researchers who termed "Intermittent Explosive Disorder.'' Isn't IED an improvised explosive device that blows up, kills and injures our men and women fighting for our country and freedom? Hardly appropriate for those selfish jerks driving with me-first attitudes that never learned self-control.
"Why do we feel it necessary to label everything a disorder? How about personal responsibility? I'm exasperated with everyone blaming everything else; lack of control is now a disorder? Quit calling them accidents. They're mostly crashes. Accidents are unavoidable. Watch the road, don't look up phone numbers, reach for something, eat or get distracted.
"Crashes happen quickly; preparedness avoids them. Remember driver's ed? We were taught to look for potential situations, brake lights ahead and prepare to react. This helps avoid the "accidents.'' Tapping your brakes signals to the person behind you who might not be paying attention and helps them avoid rear-ending you. You don't know what the people in cars around you are going through. Maybe they just found out they have cancer, or someone close to them died.
"Is it possible to give more respect to Sept. 11 and quit shortening it to 9/11? And I'm tired of 24/7. When did we get in such a hurry that saying 24 hours a day, seven days a week was too much for us? For those fighting for our country, sharing our roads and living on our planet, perhaps it's simply a matter of respect.
Janice L. Foster, Ypsilanti
"A lack of responsibility and respect abounds
"I'm stunned at the audacity of the researchers who termed "Intermittent Explosive Disorder.'' Isn't IED an improvised explosive device that blows up, kills and injures our men and women fighting for our country and freedom? Hardly appropriate for those selfish jerks driving with me-first attitudes that never learned self-control.
"Why do we feel it necessary to label everything a disorder? How about personal responsibility? I'm exasperated with everyone blaming everything else; lack of control is now a disorder? Quit calling them accidents. They're mostly crashes. Accidents are unavoidable. Watch the road, don't look up phone numbers, reach for something, eat or get distracted.
"Crashes happen quickly; preparedness avoids them. Remember driver's ed? We were taught to look for potential situations, brake lights ahead and prepare to react. This helps avoid the "accidents.'' Tapping your brakes signals to the person behind you who might not be paying attention and helps them avoid rear-ending you. You don't know what the people in cars around you are going through. Maybe they just found out they have cancer, or someone close to them died.
"Is it possible to give more respect to Sept. 11 and quit shortening it to 9/11? And I'm tired of 24/7. When did we get in such a hurry that saying 24 hours a day, seven days a week was too much for us? For those fighting for our country, sharing our roads and living on our planet, perhaps it's simply a matter of respect.
Janice L. Foster, Ypsilanti
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