To the editor: My heart lifted when I read that Rebecca Grossman's conviction for murdering those beloved little children she ran over with her car in 2020 was upheld.
I am the victim of a driver who turned illegally right at a red light, causing serious injuries. I go to a gym 2.6 miles from my house almost every day to use the seated elliptical machine, the only way I can get aerobic exercise.
There are 14 stop signs between my house and the gym. Every time I drive the 2.6 miles of the road with a 45 mph speed limit, I am threatened by out-of-control drivers going 75 mph who apparently feel they have to get to the next stop before me.
“Limit” is defined as “a point or level beyond which something does not extend or cannot pass.” Now I'm going between 40 and 45 mph because I don't want to exceed the limit determined as the safe maximum speed. And I think we should reduce the speed limits on many of our streets.
Carole Lutness, Valencia
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To the editor: I live less than a mile from the crosswalk in Westlake Village where Grossman killed two young children.
You would think that our local authorities would have already installed speed bumps or other measures to slow down traffic. Until now there has been nothing.
Could someone help us do it?
Molly-Ann Leikin, Westlake Village
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To the editor: We continue to hear about Grossman and his friend Scott Erickson speeding down that road in Westlake Village at speeds up to 81 mph and the tragedy that followed. The speed and prior alcohol consumption provided grounds for implied malice, hence the second-degree murder charge and conviction.
But somehow Erickson has emerged almost blameless, while the reality was that he shared responsibility at least for the circumstances of the deaths. If it weren't for that last-second swerve, he might have been the one who killed those kids.
It appears that both were involved in criminal negligence and reckless driving.
Paul Ryan, Brea
