Dangerous trucks on the Linden highway

Dec 07, 2016 Letters

Dear Editor,
I’m making a case here yet again for a real threatening and frightening situation with regards to logs/timber transportation on the Linden/Soesdyke Highway. With the current road carnage carnival that has transformed our roads into killing fields, it behooves us to take serious stock. There is nothing that makes you cringe and squeeze like watching those loaded lumber/logging trucks (“low beds”) driving through Linden and along the highway. Watch carefully those 50 – 60 feet logs, some over three feet in diameter packed high and protruding well over 8-10 feet, and held in place by chains and tell me if that doesn’t scare you; that is what takes your breath away. This is a critical matter that must be attended to very quickly before another horrendous accident takes place.
Looking at those loaded trailers/trucks triggers a sense of foreboding, I mean real danger; so much so that you come to dread your own thoughts conjuring up from your imaginings the sight of something going wrong. I know there might be some who will say all sorts of negatives, even dismiss me as a pessimist, and sure you can do so to your heart’s delight, but I tell you, like a tide from the hearts of things; it will be at our peril, thus I beg we take heed.
How often are these chains holding these logs checked? What of the fitness of these relentless working vehicles? Reflectors are often broken or missing completely. All of them pose real danger when broken down, especially at nights when they are left on the road? Shouldn’t these vehicles always have lamps, ribbons, cones, etc. high reflectors that must be placed around them so that they can be spotted miles away at nights? When will the river be put into use for the transporting of these massive logs and in so doing the safety of all?
Frank Fyffe

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