Do Tickets Have To Be Written?

To the Editor:

While reading the police reports in Newtown, I came upon a few reports of accidents.  The accidents involved cars coming down a driveway and then hitting an ice patch thereby hitting oncoming traffic.

In each case the person was cited for something about not yielding at a driveway. This is asinine. They were accidents! It was nobody’s fault. In each case the person did not decide to enter the intersection with traffic in front of them. Why does a ticket have to written?

There was no lapse in judgment or intent to skirt the laws.

The other nonsense is a car hitting a tree to avoid a deer or dog. He’s cited for failure to drive in the established lane, or making a restricted turn.

Am I the only one that sees how ludicrous this is?

John Katsigianopoulos

9 Lake Road, Newtown                 February 25, 2000