Letter to the editor

I almost killed someone this morning.

How's that for an opener? Terrifying, but true.

I was driving back to town from the dump, almost to the four-way stop by the school when a woman and young girl on bicycles came around the corner (from the direction of the fairgrounds), and turned onto the dump road, riding past me without stopping at the stop sign. I was starting my right turn to head down to Main Street, when two young boys on bicycles shot through the same intersection (also from the direction of the fairgrounds) in front of me. I slammed on my brakes and barely avoided hitting them. The...