Here’s the scenario: I’m an elected state representative and, as such, am duty-bound to propose legislation that serves the health and well-being of my constituents.

Now, I’m driving south on Route 26 in Oxford and I observe a car coming toward me in the northbound lane. The car has some snow on the roof and trunk lid and no headlights on. Suddenly, the car crosses the centerline into my lane. All I could see before the head-on crash was that the woman driving the car was staring at some gadget in her right hand.

Fortunately, I was driving a big SUV and was not seriously injured. The lady and her two children in the small car all died.

Now I’m back in Augusta, writing a law that might have prevented such a tragic accident. Should it be: 1. A law to keep headlights on at all times? 2. A law to make people clean the snow off their cars? 3. A law to ban the use of all hand-held devices while operating a motor vehicle?

Back to reality.

I simply don’t understand why legislators are not dealing with the more serious and dangerous issues.

Al Pelletier, Norway