LEITERS TO THE EDITOR
To the editor:
They have made a fisherman’s
I bought one in memory of my
memorial in Port Orford going down
great-grandmother, Jane, and the other
toward the dock. They were selling
Indians who were lost and moved from
bricks to raise money for the memorial.
their homes. Jane’s brick is just to the
left of the memorial.
If you are in Port Orford, it’s a nice
place to rest.
Wanda Melton
To the editor:
I would like to talk about my experience riding with a transporter who has
road rage and anger problems.
We were coming out of Newport and we were in the right lane; a car was in
the passing lane and was trying to pass us. The transporter started to go faster and
faster. I asked him what he was doing and he said, “I don’t like cars passing
me,” and we were road racing this car.
I kept telling the transporter to slow down, but he refused. We were side by
side. I kept telling him to slow down. We were coming closer to where the lanes
merged and I told him to slow down and let the car go by.
Finally he did and he was mad. The guy turned around and flipped his middle
finger at the transporter. He did this three more times and was flipped off again.
Between Eddyville and Toledo, he said that he was going to put on the cruise
control at 65 mph and I told him “No.” He got mad and slowed down to 35 mph
and purposely held up traffic all the way back.
At stoplights, he has no patience. He gets mad and wants to cuss and honk
the horn because the vehicle in front of us didn’t move fast enough. I tell him not
to do this and he just gets smart at me.
He gets distracted by eating or reaching for his drink; he comes very close to
rear ending vehicles. I tell him “Watch out” or “Slow down” because he’s going
so fast that if I don’t, he would cause a traffic accident. He gets mad at me and
yells at me to “Shut up or ride with a different transporter.”
I hope that one day, I can ride with a different transporter. I keep asking for a
different driver.
I have suffered more headaches from riding with this transporter than from
having a foot infection from foot to knee; a blood infection; an IV from arm,
shoulder to heart; a 103° temperature; a chopped off leg; a broken ankle; and
shingles.
He caused a wreck and is being sued, and he nearly rear ended a vehicle in
Philomath and had to hit the curb. At Bingo, if he loses, he gets mad and throws
his daubers and papers all over the floor.
There should be zero tolerance when it comes to road rage and anger. I
don’t want to be in the vehicle with this type of driver when someone else with
road rage meets him.
Respectfully,
William Stanley Strong
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