LETTERS: USE AUTO LIGHTS FOR DAYTIME SAFETY

To the editor:

I clipped the following letter from the Council Grove (Kan.) Republican and though it worthy of reprinting:

The shorter daylight hours and the sometimes hazy conditions that wintertime brings on to me presents extra driving problems of seeing approaching vehicles on our highways. I am a firm believer that turning on our headlights when these conditions exist can help in so many ways. I know sometimes in these darkened conditions we need to make a left turn off the roadway, so we do everything right: turn signals on, check traffic behind, start our turn and "Bingo!" here is this approaching car that we did not see before. Folks, headlights on could save a lot of these scary events from happening. Just because you can see where you are going doesn't mean others can see you all that well.

When an approaching driver asks you to turn on your lights by turning his off and on several times, do this for them, because they are telling you they need to see you better. Don't be stubborn on this like so many are.

I hope I live long enough to see most of the vehicles on our highways with daytime running lights. I think it would definitely save accidents from happening. -- Warren G. Dix, Delavan.

PATRICIA A. SCHLOSSER

Scott City