I read your recent article on the front page (“Officials call for stricter traffic laws”; Oct. 13) with a combination of horror and humor. I drive the interstates often though New Hampshire and it is like being in a video game. Indeed, the “gamer mentality” seems to propel many drivers who seem to believe that, like in their games, you can hit the “restart” button to rejoin the game after a fatal crash. Not on I-89 or I-93. Dead is dead.
Maybe we need stricter laws, but what about enforcing existing laws? For all the driving we do, hardly is there a speed trap, nor a visible police presence. And believe me, here and everywhere else in the country drivers have noted this and feel perfectly comfortable driving 80, 90, even 100+ mph and zooming in and out of traffic with little fear of consequences. When people ask for a greater police presence, officials often say police are more urgently needed in other capacities. But how about this: why do we need an armed, Kevlar-vested , handcuff-toting individual to monitor traffic? We have auxiliary people who enforce parking regulations, why not the same for traffic violations??