THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Thursday, February 15, 1996 TAG: 9602150009
SECTION: FRONT PAGE: A12 EDITION: FINAL
TYPE: Letter
LENGTH: Short : 32 lines
I read with interest the article (Feb. 1) about the serious accidents on I-264 partly resulting from construction work and driver inattention to the changed conditions. The state police could do a much better job than they do of working such accidents and maintaining the flow of traffic in the aftermath.
As I passed by the first of the two referenced accidents, I noticed that there were at least four, perhaps five, state-police vehicles at the scene with lights flashing. My first question to myself was, Does it really take five police vehicles to investigate one accident or could they be out doing something else worthwhile, leaving one or maybe two of their colleagues to investigate?
To make matters really bad, one of the state-police cars was parked precariously along the shoulder on the side of the concrete barricade away from the accident, its lights flashing and causing inordinate slowdown of the traffic trying to get past the area.
If the state police want to show us how to avoid the problem, they could perhaps start by cleaning up their own act and setting a better example.
ROBERT C. FORT
Virginia Beach, Feb. 1, 1996 by CNB