An appeal to Puna candidates

[TomK]

I drove through there today around 5:30pm; the back-up was bad although not as bad as it has been on some days. No sign wavers that I saw although I can't say if there were any earlier. They were certainly there the other day (I didn't see which candidate - eyes on the traffic). My impression is that in the past drivers would honk their horns and wave but not so much now. I think many more are getting fed up with the delays there and know the sign waving makes things worse. I suspect there are no laws to prevent this happening though, so making candidates aware how thoughtless it is may be the best chance of changing things, so I'd certainly support those efforts.

I remember driving past quite a big wreck on Hwy 11 a few years back that happened by some sign wavers and saw many of them walking off clearly in shock. I'll try and find the relevant thread as I mentioned it here. I don't know if that wreck was caused by driver distraction, but it was on a normally safe part of the highway, so I wouldn't be surprised if distraction had contributed to the wreck.