Bugged by Litter

Concerning “May the Road Rise With Volunteers Who Adopt a California Highway” (Her World, July 14): I disagree with Barry Kaufman and Jan Davidson’s conclusion about why people trash highways. The reason is obvious, based on their observation of the high percentage of alcoholic beverage containers in the litter. The consequences for littering are much less than those for driving with an open alcohol container, especially if the driver is driving while intoxicated.

I noticed the same distribution of litter on the section of U.S. 395 that I help clean. There were some things that fell off vehicles, some fast-food trash and a lot of alcohol containers.

JERRY COUNTS

Canoga Park