Your report on the Colorado Department of Transportation\u2019s meeting with Summit County officials this week (\u201cI-70 concerns dominate conversation at CDOT listening tour stop in Summit County,\u201d published Aug. 13 in the Summit Daily News) identified \u201cthree stretches of road with higher numbers of crashes: the section of I-70 between Frisco and Copper Mountain near Vail Pass and two sections of Highway 9 \u2026\u201d You go on to describe certain \u201csafety and navigability concerns\u201d acknowledged by CDOT regional planning manager Mark Rogers. But there apparently were glaring omissions in the officials\u2019 discussions of highway safety: excessive speeding and irresponsible driving.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve lived in five states including southern and northern California. I have never witnessed the recurring and excessive speeding that I have here in Colorado. Every time I go on I-70, there are many vehicles going 85, 95 and 100 miles an hour. How do I know? More than 50 years of driving. They weave in and out of traffic creating serious risks. And it\u2019s frequent to see drivers doing 70 mph on Highway 9. And just about every time I go out, like yesterday, some fool either runs a red light, turns left in front of me or almost hits me. Is it the reduced oxygen? <\/p>\n
So where is the Colorado State Patrol and why aren\u2019t they catching these people and making driving safer? Is it funding or something else? I\u2019m waiting for an answer and hoping that drivers that speed excessively will pay the fines they deserve and possibly slow down in the future.<\/p>\n