Honk on blind curves for safety


To The Editor: Many letters to the editor concern our local skinny, curvaceous and dangerous roads. I was reminded of my driving the skinny, curvaceous roads in Italy a few years ago.

Of course not all Italian roads are like that. Many are well-marked super highways that stress all sorts of safety devices.

But in negotiating the many older narrow and curvy roads, the Italians have developed a practical way of meeting this challenge. It's very simple.

Approaching any curve that blocks the driver's view of oncoming traffic they simply honk, long and loud enough to warn oncoming vehicles. Oncoming traffic does the same. Thus each knows the other is present and can take whatever precautions deemed necessary. It's not like straightening out the road, but it works.

An idea we might adopt?

Ed Van Natta



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