Safety measures needed on road
Safety measures needed on road
Many of us felt the effects of the recent death of a child, close to the road leading from Hononau school. Such tragedies touch many lives and fingers point in many directions to establish the cause.
In driving by the area many times over the years, I have been bothered about the rather opaque nature of the warnings of the school crossing, especially since the school is located in an elevated location set back off the highway. An additional hazard is that, for drivers heading south from Kailua-Kona, the school is located at the foot of a long downhill slope so that gravity encourages higher speeds, compounding the risk.
On looking back after the tragedy, the warning signs are in place but the crosswalk itself is indistinct and badly faded. In contrast, Hookena school, a few miles to the south, is very well marked with a sidewalk and a more visible flashing yellow light when children are present.
I would hope that the death of little Ulu will persuade the highway authorities to brighten up the warnings and perhaps add “shark-jaws” or some other road markings, and especially to repaint the crossing so that speeding drivers can be better alerted to the presence of Honaunau school.
Carol Elwell
Naalehu
Did protesters vote?
I find it rather interesting that voter turnout during last week’s election was the lowest in 20 years with only 55.4 percent of those registered actually voting. It appears as if there are many unhappy individuals expressing their constitutional right of freedom of expression by, in some cases, destroying personal property of many innocent bystanders.
I wonder how many of those unhappy individuals actually cast ballots?
Bob Nelson
Keakekua
What have we done?
When a candidate is caught saying (and sadly, he was bragging), “I can do whatever I want to a woman. I can grab them by the p____,” then becomes the president-elect of our country, there will be consequences.
Have we validated that what he has said is acceptable? What message does this send to our youth?
I am a retired teacher who has taught at the elementary and junior high levels. If I were to have been heard by a group of parents saying what Donald Trump has said while I was still teaching, would they want their children in my classroom?
Donald J. Trump is about to become the president of the United States.
Earl Ogata
Kealakekua