
                         THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
                 Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, June 9, 1994                    TAG: 9408030605 
SECTION: FRONT                     PAGE: A14    EDITION: FINAL  
SOURCE: Short 
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ROADSIDE REMINDERS MAY SAVE LIFE

{LEAD} As a Virginia Beach resident, I must agree that city traffic engineer John Herzke has a point when he states that the markers placed alongside Shore Drive might pose a traffic hazard to others ("Family and city odds over fatality markers," news, May 27). However, these markers also serve as reminders that irresponsible driving has very serious consequences. If these markers and reminders save even one life, and I believe they might, then the good they offer far outweighs the minor hazard they pose.

I have seen the large flashy sign signifing the number killed along this roadway; however, nothing drives the point home like the sobering crosses placed on or near the spot where lives were lost. They stand as sentinels to remind us that we must be responsible drivers.

Melvin R. Mathias

Virginia Beach, May 28, 1994

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