Q You made me laugh so hard I almost spilled my coffee on your column when you wrote that 7.6 percent of all drivers observed in a study were using cellphones. That has to be a mistake.

I drive 50 to 100 miles per day and what I observe is that only 7.6 percent are NOT using their cellphones. I am sure that is what you meant. Can you please post a correction?

Daniel Chapman

A That data came from the California Office of Traffic Safety and got the attention of many others.

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Here are the rules for using the express lanes: Roadshow Q This has got to be a beautiful example of typical government operation — 7.6 percent. What planet do they live on?

Richard Garlow

A Good ol’ Mother Earth. Officials observed California drivers at intersections with traffic lights and stop signs. They know it’s hard to check cellphone use on highways and that the 7.6 percent figure is way low.

The important statistic is the year-by-year comparison: The 2016 results were up 2.2 percentage points from 2015. The Office of Traffic Safety said that increase is significant.

The OTS also conducted a written survey, with 47 percent of respondents admitting they broke this law in the previous 30 days.

Q What do you do when you see two young men smoking pot while entering Highway 85, as I witnessed last week?

I was shocked. The driver weaved at one point on the ramp at Saratoga Avenue, then wiped his brow and shook his head after passing the smoky thing to his passenger.

What is wrong with the youth of today?

Jacqueline Williams

A It’s not just kids; pot-smoking adults also do this. Even if state voters approve recreational use of pot in Tuesday’s election, marijuana remains a drug and users can be cited for driving under the influence. I know there are concerns on how to test pot users who get behind the wheel and that the drug can remain in one’s system for a long time.

Please folks, don’t drink or smoke behind the wheel.

Q Regarding recent remarks about Newhall Street in San Jose being a “vital” road between Park and The Alameda: Many of us who live on Newhall would rather it were not so vital.

A good alternative is Hedding Street, which also links Park and The Alameda. Hedding has four well-paved lanes plus no overhanging trees or utility lines for trucks to knock down.

For years, we’ve complained to the city council and even called Rotten Robbie about its trucks coming down our street — all to no avail. “It’s a public street” was the response from the city. The pavement is indeed in terrible shape but if it’s improved, traffic will probably get worse.

Sorry for the tirade, but this street has been ignored for too long and we have to put up with way too much traffic. Guess we’re not Willow Glen.

Jackie Mattison

San Jose

A Newhall will be repaved soon. As for your plea for drivers to slow down or go another way, will they heed it? I doubt it.

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