To Sen. John DeFrancisco: I assume you live on a lovely, quiet, safe, residential street, which I would be grateful for.

But I live in Skaneateles, on a lovely residential street named East Lake Road (also Route 41) along the Skaneateles Lake.

Every 24 hours, seven days a week, 70 18-wheel tractor trailers roar by my home and the hundreds of others on this street.

Imagine this on your street - no tranquillity, to say nothing of the noise, the fumes and the sheer danger.

I know there have been gestures and motions to get this changed and corrected for years, and it's the same old bloviating, and nothing is done.

What will it take?

A mother and her four children pulling out of their driveway, and they all get killed?

With the blood on the hands of you and the other legislators, because they did have the ability to correct this? Just imagine these trucks roaring by your house - think about it!

By merely enacting legislation to have these trucks use Highways 81 and 90 - as posted on both interstate highways - it could be prevented.

Plus, a spill from just one truck into pristine Skaneateles Lake would be catastrophic.

We all implore you to get it done before we have a tragedy that will never be forgotten due to the ineptness of our legislative officials.

Robert C. Mc Entee

Skaneateles