Sick and Tired of Drivers Not Paying Attention in Gilroy

Dear Editor, I am no longer going to remain silent so that I
don’t hurt the feeling of another remorseful driver.
Sick and Tired of Drivers Not Paying Attention in Gilroy

Dear Editor,

I am no longer going to remain silent so that I don’t hurt the feeling of another remorseful driver.

Instead, I am going to voice my opinion. I am sick and tired of people driving their cars without noticing that they are not in the middle of the Bonneville Salt Flats. No, instead they are in the midst of hundreds of cars, trucks, motorcycles, trees, light poles and yes, pedestrians.

As far as I am aware, all of the recent pedestrian fatalities and injuries were due to driver inattention. It is not just cell phones either. It is radios, children in the back seat, make-up, shavers etc. I know they are sorry but that isn’t good enough. If you can’t pay attention, don’t drive. If there is a glare in your eyes or an obstruction blocking your view, don’t move until you have a clear view of your direction of travel.

If you see children, and even if you don’t, assume they will be trying to throw themselves in front of you. Slow down! I am fed up with those you are deflecting blame to the city, the school district and worst in my mind, the police. The police have one of the toughest jobs in Gilroy.

In between calls for barking dogs and helping to raise your children, they are the first responder’s along with the fire department. In my past life, I was a first responder. I can’t think of anything I have experienced that has left such an indelible mark on me as being the first on scene after a car has plowed over a child on a bike or walking. It haunts me to this day.

Who do you think has to knock on the door of the victims parents and give them the news? That’s right, the police. Don’t blame the planners, the city or the emergency personnel. They do the best they can with their limited resources. Blame the drivers. Trust me that no amount of stop signs, flashing lights, blinking crosswalks or traffic signal will protect us from a careless driver. That is a fact.

Mark Zappa, Gilroy

Robert J. Cerruti, San Martin

n Outrageous to Call

Life Flight, Then

Release Soon After

Dear Editor,

I am bewildered by an aspect of the recent vehicle versus pedestrian incident, mainly the Dispatch reporting outrageous decisions by our local emergency medical service providers. The bewilderment is also mystifying as to what type of medical triage was rendered, that would forward a superficially injured child, via $25,000 life flight to a regional trauma center, only to be released just hours later to the care of his parents.

I question whether the triage was truly medically driven, rather was it financial triage by the facilities executive administration, due to the fact the child was void of medical insurance?

Hopefully, one will read in the Dispatch what medical conditions prompted and justified the expensive medical evacuation. I’m sure the emergency facility will resist revealing any aspects of their decision making, by hiding under the cloak of confidentially. Optimistically, the confidentially pretense can be circumvented by his parents officially waiving medical confidentially guarantees.

Do others in this community concur with me, in seeking real answers, as to what prompted a expensive life flight evacuation?

Chuck Wear, Gilroy