I WAS saddened to hear that more young lives have been lost on our local roads.
Such a dreadful loss to all their family and friends. The pain in their hearts will be awesome. The family’s grief will be long lived.
But, when are these young drivers going to learn. Many nights I, like most of the Healesville residents close to town, lie in bed listening to the sounds of rubber tyres screeching, and car motors roaring around the streets at all hours.
In the mornings the roads are covered in black rubber skid marks. I hate to think of the speed these are doing.
Young drivers must learn that a car licence is not a right, it is a privilege. They must learn to respect the road rules and other drivers.
I have found that when driving down the highway, 95 per cent of cars that overtake when they shouldn’t (over double lines or on bends) are P platers.
These kids seem to have the attitude that they are indestructible.
They need to be taught that a car is a lethal weapon if used incorrectly.
I think parents need to protect their children by not allowing them to buy cars that are too powerful.
Young drivers should have to attend advanced driving courses before getting their licences. Cars made nowadays are a lot more powerful than a few years back.
D. Cheeseman
Healesville
I RECEIVED the same chain letter as Darilyn Adams (Mail, 27 September).
I used to get them years ago asking for a hanky or such to be enclosed. I too am worried about other people being taken in.
My daughter emailed the letter to the HeraldSun but the paper didn’t even acknowledge receiving it.
We have also been getting calls from India late at night saying that we are in the running to win a house.
I questioned the chap last week and he hung up so, hopefully, they have got the message.
M Hoxha
Wesburn
THE article Councillor Pledges Aboriginal Help (Mail, 27 September) on Cr Robyn Hale referred to male life expectancy of only 36 years on the island visited.
The life expectancy of Aborigines is about 20 years less than white Australians ie about age 58, compared to 78 for males.
Perhaps the 36 was meant to be 56 I think 56 is bad enough, at 36 there would be much more outrage. Please add a correction if need be.
Dr Lachlan Fraser
Marysville
DOES Warburton really need one pedestrian crossing (Mail, 27 September)?
As it is proposed to move the tourist information centre across the road to the Arts Centre, who will use it?
How many people who park on the south side of the road will scramble up the steep bank to use the footpath to get to the pedestrian crossing? I think noone.
How many car parking spaces will be lost to the crossing? Could Mr Cantle please explain to us how a crossing would especially benefit the partially deaf?
The announcement was a proud day indeed for all the politicians and bureaucrats (and a great photo opportunity) after all it will only cost us tax payers $248,000 to permanently lose car parking near the post office, bank, newsagency etc.
However, I think it’s sad for us locals, especially the elderly and frail, who would need to park their car close by to use the above facilities.
Daniel Kurka
Warburton
CONGRATULATIONS to Kevin and Jill Heinze for their donation revealed in the story Garden Gift Sows Legacy (Mail, 4 October).
What a wonderful contribution to the Shire of Yarra Ranges.
People, young and old, will be able to enjoy and appreciate what they have accomplished with their superb garden and so generously donated to our community for generations to come.
Thank you.
Jim and Diana Viggers
Yarra Glen
I WAS fascinated to read Christine Fyffe’s commitment to recycling and the community in her letter Memory Recycled (Mail, 27 September).
I’m wondering if Ms Fyffe will recycle some of the policies she promoted during her time as a commissioner for the Shire of Yarra Ranges during Premier Jeff Kennett’s regime.
One such policy I’ll remember with great distaste was her support of turning the communityowned Upper Yarra Council offices into a gaming casino.
As a member of the Friends of Lillydale Museum, will Ms Fyffe promote the installation of pokies at that institution as a fundraising scheme for the proposed new building?
Imagine the possibility of a five cent Nellie Melba machine and hearing one of her famous arias as your winnings spew forth.
Evelyn voters be alert and alarmed at your socalled community candidate.
Phyllis Crawford
Yarra Junction
