StratfordToday received the following letter to the editor regarding a driver recently being charged after reving the engine of his truck at a traffic light.
Dear sir or madam.
I read with concern about a 20 year old Mitchell man stopped and charged for excessively revving the motor of his truck at a stop light.
While I find some of those displays annoying (much like the big Harley motorcycles blasting through town), I see his charges being an arbitrary money grab and a reaction of the police to someone who dared to show "bravado" and not a legitimate violation.
No mud guards? Improper tire? Have you seen what people do to their cars these days?
Let young people express themselves - our world already costs enough!
I want police to protect me from theft and violence.
Make money road infractions are overblown and so so easy for the police to be seen to be doing something.
Sean M. McDonnell
Stratford