Logging is an important component of our local industry, and it’s important to keep safety in mind. Log trucks are driving these county roads way too fast. Winter trucking is even more dangerous as the roads are snow packed and slippery, much narrower from the high, graded banks and visibility is much poorer at intersections because of these snowplowed piles.
More caution should be taken by the drivers during the winter months, as every encounter I have with these trucks is a near-death experience. They operate their rigs on these public, county roads as though they are on a one-way, single-track, “closed-course” racetrack.
How many collisions with pets/wild animals/vehicles/people will it take to start slowing down? What’s the big rush anyway? Leave the rat race to the citiots.
We live up here for a lot of different reasons and I think all of us can appreciate the slower, more-relaxed pace of life here in Cook County. I understand that the faster they drive the more money they make, but nobody likes aggressive, careless drivers. Large metropolitan areas can keep them.
Why do loggers drive like maniacs? There are no steep inclines they have to push their rigs to make, it’s The Grade! It’s flat. And curvy! And occupied by other motorists, other human beings and their beloved pets.
I’m sick of fearing for my life when I go out for a simple morning of spear fishing. How many lives will it take for loggers to slow down?
Michael Lindquist
Lutsen
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