Cecil Asburn concerns; Lower speed limit in rain; What are the GOP judge credentials? (Your Views)

The Huntsville Times By The Huntsville Times The Huntsville Times
on June 17, 2012 at 6:30 AM


Cecil Ashburn concerns

I read the article in The Times relating to the Cecil Ashburn Drive and its penchant for attracting accidents.

The article seemed to attribute these accidents to speed, and perhaps that's true.

Maybe I missed it, but I saw nothing in the article indicating that the police suggested it was speed that caused the last two accidents in which lives were lost.

Is it possible that something other than speed was the reason?

Could they have been caused by texting or using a cell phone?

Just wondering.

I use that highway quite often and admit to driving 4 or 5 mph over the speed limit, but then I do the same thing on U.S. 431 and Memorial Parkway.

Oh, and cars still pass me.

R.L. Phillips

Owens Cross Roads, 35763

Lower speed in rain

Your June 12 headline on the Cecil Ashburn Drive car crash carnage speaks to the solution: "Slow Down."

I'm reminded of a discussion on local talk radio several years ago when Governor's Drive experienced a rash of bad wrecks.

My prescription was roundly scoffed at by host and callers as undoable, even "stupid."

Undaunted, I'll offer it again:

Leave the uphill speed limit at 45 mph or whatever; but lower the downhill speed limit to around 30 mph.

The exact numbers can be set by matching stopping distances.

As simple and obviously prudent as this idea is, I don't recall seeing it applied anywhere, ever.

Clifton N. Craig



What are judge credentials?

I have just finished reading the Times article on five candidates vying for the Madison County district judge spot and am absolutely appalled.

Is the state Republican Party at all interested in the judicial philosophy of the candidates?

Their legal qualifications?

What other questions were asked besides political contributions for the past 10 years?

This is ludicrous.

A good judge rules on the merits of the case and the law and nothing else.

Questions and answers that give insight into this aspect of the candidates personality are of utmost importance but it does not seem as if the Republican Party cares.

And lastly, why do we need to go through this circus when we had an election and the number two candidate should receive the nomination.

Andrea Karwoski

Madison, 35758