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

DATE: Saturday, September 10, 1994           TAG: 9409090022
SECTION: FRONT                    PAGE: A10  EDITION: FINAL 
TYPE: Letter 
                                             LENGTH: Short :   19 lines

ROAD HAZARDS

With reference to your editorial about auto inspections (``Make owners responsible,'' Aug. 31), I want to remind you why annual state automobile inspections were made mandatory: Many automobile owners were not responsible and did not maintain their automobiles in a safe operating condition. Do you want to trust your life and loved ones' lives to unknown automobile owners?

PAMELA DURHAM

Virginia Beach, Sept. 1, 1994 by CNB