Lawrence Journal-World opinion section

To the editor:

The number of vehicle accidents is up and the number of bodily injuries is up, all due to cellphone usage while driving or walking. I have seen drivers reading paperwork, using a laptop or trying to feed french fries to a child strapped into a child safety seat behind them. Drivers have one job to do while operating a vehicle, focus on the job at hand.

Saturday, when I read the paper, I was totally shocked to read an article about painting a mural on the street at a street intersection. This smacks of stupidity on so many levels. Are our city leaders considering the safety of people using this intersection? You have enough trouble with drivers not paying attention to what they are doing. Now you’re going to have drivers trying to snap pictures with their cell phones or looking down at the mural, instead of paying attention to the traffic movements at this intersection. Is this what you call an accident waiting to happen?