Letters

After a hot, grueling, 88-degree day at Ponquogue Beach, I stopped for a beer at a friend’s house on Shinnecock Road. The house is on a corner of a three-street intersection with three stop signs.

My friend and I watched dozens of cars drive by. Out of 50 cars, only seven came to a 100 percent full stop at a stop sign; 27 cars slowed down but punched it as they neared a stop sign (“California roll”); 16 cars drove through the intersection like there were no stop signs. Even cars making turns blew the stop signs.

Blowing stop signs is a dangerous pastime. It can injure pedestrians, bike riders and other drivers. Please stop completely (for at least two seconds). The life you save might be your own — and tickets are expensive.

Jim Dreeben

Hampton Bays