Bridges collapse! My goodness, Why? When you look at all the money we have given foreign nations, instead of keeping America safe, it is time we take care of America first.

My program will take care of rebuilding America’s highways, and make them safer. As a driver who has been all over this nation, I have seem some highways that just shout, DANGER. Stupid designs with no thought about how quickly the motorist can react.

How many of us have driven facing into the sun? Really not able to see anything at those hours of the morning or evening, yet we blindly go forwards? I've been there too, so I know how it is. There is no solution for that, except to make sure signs and markings are large enough for us to be aware of the condition of hazzards.

Highways not really wide enough for any emergancy avoidance of something in the way. Area's where we come around a curve to conditions just begging for trouble. I just can't understand how so many of these locations go unchanged for years. We all know of these locations, yet nothing is ever done to correct these situations.

It is time to take care of our nation first. What if this had happened on one of those days when the temperature was 30 below zero in Minneapolis?

Hundreds of thousands bridges near failure? We can’t afford not to take care of this problem. Why wasn’t that bridge built out of Stainless Steel?, or powdercoated paint.

There are engineering solutions to these failures, even I know that. If I have to oversee the design of "every" blueprint before construction I can do that. It’s called, common sense.

Is the bridge that you, or your loved ones cross tomorrow, the next one to fail? Do you want to take that chance? A school bus with 58 children, seconds from having fallen in to the river, instead of sitting there on a part of the bridge sitting on land. What would you do if those were your children? I don’t want to even think about that.

December 13, 1968 between Point Pleasant, OH, and Kanauga, WV the temperature was 43 degrees, the failure of The Silver bridge that evening with bumper to bumper traffic falling into the Ohio river, caused by the failure of a steel link and oddly enough on "US 35", an unusual design not used anymore, but there are too many bridges out there rusting away, ready for failure tomorrow? That bridge was a box that enclosed the vehicles so that no one could escape, Semi's, buses, automobiles, trapped. I wonder about those bridges out of downtown Pittsburgh, PA those bridges are old.
It hasn’t happened often yet, but if it’s the bridge your on, then what? These are going to happen more and more, as our highways and bridges age, and deteriorated by the weather. Why hasn’t this been taken care of? What politician has failed your community? I am just appalled at this failure.

Our highways are mostly at least 50 years old, and falling apart, our infrastructure falling apart. I will take care of this if I’m elected. We walk around with so many high tech products in our pocket, and yet we are at risk on every street and highway in America. Enough already. Our weather here in California is so mild we forget what the weather does to your highways east of here. It’s time that I take care of this, to secure your safety. I’ll do it.
 

I remember the US 40 bridge that went in to Saint Louis, MO years ago, a steel framed bridge, now replaced with an open concrete bridge so much simpler and safer. How many accidents happen because of highway design? There is so much to redo, let’s get with it America.

I plan to build an entirely new highway system in America to separate the trucks and personal automobiles. When we have these pileups in the fog and weather problems those in autos don't stand a chance.

Recently a large Semi rearended a small car and killed the couples two children in their car seats in the back of the auto. This is not the best design for the 21st Century America. We need more ways to warn citizens of hazzards ahead and with todays electronics that is easy, and to transmit this warning to our Highway officers so they are ready if need be to get help on the highway, and transmit these warnings to approaching motorists, all possible with todays electronics. Built in warnings in our cars localized to just the immediate traffic either by antenna's along side the highway or loops in the pavement. All practical and possible. We are still driving most highways designed in the 1930's. Blind intersections, poorly surfaced roads that prevent a safe stopping action. We are such and advanced nation, yet our politicians just don't get around to taking action on these situations.

 I may sit in the White House from 2009 to 2016 but I want to know from all of you citizens where you see problems. Let President Don know and I'll make sure it's done. No other candidate for President even cares.