Damage done by callous speeder

Dear editor,

This is to the person who run over our beloved cat, Cheech, on Feb. 12, at 8 p.m. on Kansas Avenue and left him to die in the middle of the street: You could’ve stopped, as his name tag was knocked off his neck and laid by his body. You could’ve come to the door; someone was there.

Instead, you left without saying a word and left me and my niece to find him in the street when I got home 15 minutes later.

You people need to slow down. The speed limit is 25 mph, not 45-60 mph. Our street is not a freeway. I will be sitting out there getting license plate numbers and descriptions of each and every one of you, and I will turn you in to the police department. I invite any police officer to sit in my driveway in the morning hours when people are taking the kids to school or going to work, and also in the late afternoon and evening time. Believe me, you can give a lot of tickets here.

I’m really angry that my beautiful cat has been killed. I just wish I would’ve brought him in for the night, but I was only going to be gone 15 minutes, so I will have to live with that. I hope you didn’t sleep tonight and feel guilty for not stopping. I hope it’s not a kid next time. If you hit an animal that is dead or alive, it is your duty as a driver to stop and take a few minutes to try and find the owner. If you read your DMV handbook yearly, you would know that is the right thing to do.

Debbie Nichols

Napa

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