Drivers need to slow down, use caution during power outages

Let's hope that drivers will slow down to under

30 mph when the massive electrical power shutdown occurs. And if outages occur, it's important for drivers to remember to slow down before they approach a busy intersection.

Also, if traffic lights are off or flashing, everyone needs to treat the intersection as a four-way stop.

QCan't the CHP or Caltrans place tire puncturing devices for those traveling the wrong way on the road?

They use these devices to stop speeding getaway vehicles so why not also for wrong-way drivers?

Let's save innocent lives! — Frank Leone

ACaltrans is now testing tire puncturing stripes at off and onramps throughout the state.

QPlease extend my thanks and appreciation to the crews who recently paved and striped Bird Avenue in Willow Glen from Malone to Minnesota. For years, it was a travesty — riddled with potholes, cracks and craters, forcing drivers to ingest a bottle of Excedrin. Now it's smooth sailing.

Bravo! — Nino Repetti, San Jose

AThat's your gas tax dollars at work. The same improvements were made last week at Alum Rock Avenue.

QThe first drink is for dinner.

The second drink is for me.

The third drink is for the devil.

What is the complaint with lowering the DUI test limit to 0.05?

If you aren't speeding, going too slow, or driving outside the lane lines, and if you have your lights on when it's raining or if it's dark, and if you signal when switching lanes or turning, then the police probably won't stop you. But, if you are driving erratically, then you shouldn't be drinking!

— Jeff Hack, San Jose

ABravo one more time.

QWith all this paving work underway, do you think Caltrans might raise the speed limit on some freeways in the Bay Area to 70 or 75 mph?

— Fred Reyes,

Oakland

ANo. The Bay Area is considered an urban area and speed limits on our roads are limited to 65 mph, no matter how much the pavement is improved.