Regarding speeding traffic, I have observed that drivers don’t stop speeding at the exit ramp, and it is deadly.

While a pedestrian hit at 25 mph has a 90% chance of surviving, one hit at 45 mph has a 90% chance of dying. Higher mainland speeds are no excuse — they kill more than 40,000 per year in auto crashes.

Oahu, with our shorter commutes and crowded roads, should have lower speed limits. In my commute, on the Likelike and H-1, I regularly see drivers going 60 in 45 mph zones, yet the time saved by doing so amounts to a grand total of two minutes. That manini savings is not worth the risk to my life or anyone else’s.

We have a pernicious speeding culture that we must change to reduce the carnage. So, please slow down, and bring the aloha back into our driving, so we all get home alive.

Michael DeWeert

Kaneohe

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