Editor,

As one who spoke up against the roundabout traffic circle plans, I’ll have to admit that the ones put in on Highway 20 at and near Sharpe’s Corner are a definite improvement for rush-hour traffic.

Traffic circle designs have improved and no one appreciates traffic improvements more than truckers.

Next to losing momentum and start-up fuel costs, the sorriest thing for truckers are lane changes in congested traffic.

Far worse is needing to do it when turning. Mirrors are useless for a tractor-trailer combination during a turn.

The driver can’t see cars trying to zip-sneak around the slow moving hulk they’ve come to despise.

But guess who gets blamed when the meeting of little vs. big becomes a reportable accident?

An overhead, westbound, left-turn lane would have been a more simple solution at Sharpe’s Corner. Required lane changes could be done in advance when traffic is less congested and on straight roadway with full mirror use.

Then too there would be big fuel savings from not losing momentum and less traffic being impeded up the long, steep and slow hill.

But who needs trucks anyway? Hmmm! Now that’s a thought.

Al Williams, retired trucker

Oak Harbor