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Judge William W. Carson Jr. found an answer to litter problems last week on the bench in Fauquier's General District Court.
Judge Carson imposed a stiff fine — $100 plus court costs — on William Dodson of Bealeton and susj>ended Dodson s JO-day jail sentence on condition that he spend four Saturdays cleaning up county roads.
Punishment that amounts to more than a slap on the wrist is a practical approach to avoiding the roadside mess that plagues Virginia communities. It makes more sense than the creation of a litter control department — another layer for Richmond s mushrooming beaurocracy — or the addition of "litter staff persons to regional government.
Vt hat s the greater deterrent to a garbage tosser — a film on the costs and environmental hazards of littering or a fine plus hours spent picking up bottles, cans, fast food wrappers and dirty dis[x>sable diapers from road sides? Add j>enalties to the embarrassment of being publicly identified as a slob and we may have finally found the solution.
But the judges, once they decide to get serious about litter convictions, can t do it alone. I he need support from the public.
Rap|>ahannock's police force doesn 't have the personnel to patrol for speeding and other traffic violations.
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