The Car has got to go !

Yesterday my companion pointed out to me the first sentence

    of a Boston Globe column  -unflattering to Rhode Island. The columnist

    pointed out that our tiny state is grandiose indeed in its  drunken

    driving road deaths .

          This morning I read the infuriating story of the Osorio sisters,

    Liselot and Sarai -ages 6 and 10 - left nearly dead in a street  near

    Roger Williams Park. A hit and run - and drunk ? - driver strikes

    again .

            The driver of that white car is a recklessly evil person , But

    our society seems to mass produce such types. I hope he gets the

    retribution he deserves.

             For years now I have had this heartfelt opinion : THE CAR ITSELF

    HAS GOT TO GO !

            Gradually - I hope- it might be possible to eliminate private

    cars from our crowded cities altogether. Just weeks ago I read how

    some European towns are beginning to do this . The concept of cars for

    RENT on the outskirts of these places is catching on .

          The idea that anybody not too old or feeble MUST own a car is

    being questioned. My grandfather - an Italian immigrant - use to say

    that the car was the " ruin of civilization " . How right he was !

           A saner future will literally put its stock in more public

    forms of transportation .

           I have already suggested in my E- mail letters to Cyberspace

    that cars should be banned from  place like Roger Williams Park -

    where people still look for a little serenity in the midst of urban

    noise, chaos, and ugliness .

             THE CAR MUST GO ! ( Today I'll be going to Foster. So I hope

    the car goes . )