Sorry to see the Gearhart firehouse bond fail. That’s not my issue, however.

I live on an arterial street that 4-5,000 cars and trucks a day use. That may be an exaggeration, but not by much. I can promise you that speeding is alive and well on that street. No one is slowing down at all. To watch the driving habits of those drivers one would think that gasoline was free.

Most drivers are monkey-see, monkey do, behind the wheel. There are a few “pace cars” who observe the posted 30 mph speed limit, but if the leader of the pack is running 45 mph, you can bet the rest will follow. There are no sidewalks here, and there is no routine police presence on this street, as there are no shoulders where an officer might pull a speeder over. Doing this would create another traffic hazard.

The only viable solution to this quality of life issue is to post radar signs every quarter mile facing north and south for the entire length of the road. Instead, the County added a lift of fresh asphalt and new striping, a facelift it could be called, rendering the “WahannaBahn” into alternate U.S. 101. Go figure. Life is cheap here on the fogline.

Gary Durheim

Seaside