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Mar 31, 2014 Letters
Dear Editor,
Could the Police Traffic Department let the public know if mini buses and hire cars are exempt from the traffic laws?
It seems so because the drivers of these vehicles usually bully every other road user, pedestrians included.
Why bother to establish bus stops (only) and the buses stop any and everywhere? If any other vehicle makes the mistake and parks on a bus stop, the Traffic Cops are right around the corner to come and pull away your vehicle. They are always spot on, but you do not see them when the buses try to rush you off the road and overtake you only to pull in right in front of your vehicle; you do not see them when the buses run the red lights (especially at Albert and Lamaha Streets). They do not wait. The conductor walks up to the corner, checks and then signals the driver who pulls out of the waiting line and runs the Stop Light.
When they do decide to wait out a light, they start driving off before the countdown is complete. Overtaking along the parapet is now the new norm. Check it out on Lamaha Street. No Traffic Cop to see that.
However, the Traffic Cops position themselves to stop innocent drivers and harass them for this document and that document.
The other night I was driving home and suddenly, it seemed I was on a JFK or La Guardia runway. Then reality struck, I was on a road in Georgetown and the other vehicles were using Strobe Lights. The beaming lights from these vehicles were blinding. Someone told me that those lights are only used by aircraft. They could be correct because some road users do just fall short of takeoff in the manner they drive.
We now have to contend with the ongoing works (digging up the road shoulders) willy-nilly. There seems to be no order with these works. You just wake up one morning and the heavy machinery is in your neighbourhood. I have never seen a traffic notice from the Police Traffic Department instructing us about detours etc. What I do see is the rain of dust which comes as a result and the several ditches which you have to traverse.
Today I saw a message on my phone from the Ministry of Works informing about not being allowed to turn right or left on Camp Street. Has there been any collaboration with the Traffic Department on this since the area is one of the busiest junctions in the city?
Also, suddenly there is an epidemic of several new structures being constructed simultaneously in the city. Heaps of sand adorn the parapets, eventually clogging up the drains alongside and leaving some parts of the sidewalk flooded. Do we engage in Environmental and Social Impact Assessments? Is this the new definition for development?
Glendon Peters
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