Dear Editor,
When you put people who are not properly trained in the matter to do a job, you can be guaranteed that mistakes and sometimes blunders will be made.
Those of us whose motor vehicles are insured by NAGICO have to pay for an extra service from C.A.R.S. Over the years I have been asking what does C.A.R.S. do and up to today no one can give me a clear explanation about C.A.R.S.
On several occasions the traffic was diverted by the police who were at the scene of the accident, because they had to wait for C.A.R.S. to come to take pictures of the scene of the accident before the vehicles involved in the accident could be moved. Something that we did with chalk, and if no one was injured, the vehicles involved in the collision were moved in order for the traffic to be able to continue flowing.
My question is what is this based on? Is C.A.R.S. the authority to determine who is responsible by law for the traffic accident?
Has the traffic ordinance been altered? What happens if a motor vehicle owner who is insured with NAGICO and is involved in a traffic accident insists on the police handling the accident?
RBC’s ATM machines were hacked. What do they do? They make sure that all of their ATM card holders are duly notified and RBC replaces their ATM cards. NAGICO’s insurance policies were falsified, the police and the Minister are invited for a meeting. What’s the difference? Could not NAGICO do the same?
If I am employed with a company and there are certain documents issued by that company to its clients, I believe when I have to scrutinize those documents, I should be able to detect if those documents are authentic. Hence the reason for me opening my letter the way I did. But these questions remain by me: Why only now? Who is fooling who? Who is feeling the pinch?
My perception is that the C.A.R.S. employees are doing the job of the police and the police are doing the job of C.A.R.S. I still do not understand what the police have to do with the design of NAGICO’s insurance policies. I believe that entities should engage legal advisers and technicians to do that. But as the world turns, I am gradually understanding why the Minister is becoming a more hands-on person.
Someone once told me that technology is going to make the people pay more for less. As the years have gone by I am understanding what he was talking about. One computer is going to replace five employees and that computer is going to be programmed to automatically charge for the service. Eventually the client is not going to consider it a big deal because of the quick service. But nevertheless he/she is paying for the service. Especially in the banks you are paying much more.
The majority of the salaries are deposited in banks, whether the employee agrees with it or not. At the same time the banks are using your money to make money so that your interest is next to nothing.
Since this letter is about cars and false documents, why are there still so many cars openly driving over the public roads without the correct number plates? Are we going to continue the trend of only a certain number of people being obliged to pay taxes and the rest go scot-free?
I have to remind my fellow men that those who desire to live honestly, and who want their lives to display faithfulness and authenticity, make choices based on what is true and right rather than what is expedient. The integrity of the upright leads them.
By the way, I am going to save John Richardson's letter to you from June 7, 2023, because I believe that beside civil servants, both job owners and employees should be aware of what is brought forward in that letter to you.
Russell A. Simmons
