Editor:
As I sit in the bumper-tobumper, stop-and-go traffic every morning on Highway 17A, I ponder a few questions that come to mind. I have a half-hour, after all, to do this pondering before I reach the tunnel.
Are they going to allow the same engineering gurus that created this mess to design the new bridge? Please, oh please, say no.
I also wonder about the people that go flying down the centre lane and either fly into a small space that someone has left, prompting everyone else who has patiently (or maybe not so patiently) waited in line to slam on their brakes, or if they don't see an opening they actually think they are so important they can bring a whole lane of traffic to a grinding halt while expecting one of us in the right lane to let them in.
Whoever has told these people they are better than the rest of us lied to them. I can promise them it's just not true. Get in line and wait your turn. My life and my safety are more important, as are the lives and safety of the other patient people waiting in line.
The most puzzling question I ponder is why are the "powers that be" not doing something about this? Prior to the South Fraser Perimeter Road opening, this only happened on days when there were accidents and then you just went with the flow. But this is a daily boondoggle... and if there is an accident, you better pray you have enough gas.
Claudia Moeller
