Dear Editor,
I was very pleased to read that the Minister of Justice is busy getting our traffic infrastructure back on track. I am not the Commissioner of police, and I am also aware that I am not the authority to decide what the police should do. On the other hand, I believe in “know better do better” and I was also taught that if you are going to criticize something, make sure you also have a positive solution to the problem.
Sign boards for bus stops should be placed in the correct way. Especially on Nisbeth Road, they were placed for placing sake. Even if the buses were willing to stop in the correct way at the bus stop, they can’t because even though there is space and enough for correct stopping of the buses, where the signs are placed is hazardous. The only reasonably laid-out bus stop is the one opposite Carl and Son’s, and that one is being used as a parking lot and not like the no-stopping law states. The bus drivers stop any and everywhere.
They try as much as possible not to pull off the road in order to avoid other buses getting in front of them. I can speak to this because this is what the Control Unit used to control. Those controlling the buses should be able to see inside the bus from the outside, and at night the buses should have a light illuminating the cabin. Contrary to this law, the majority of the buses are heavily tinted. What about social distancing?
And nobody does anything about it. Should we be surprised when we have to read about the active cases of COVID? Tripling fines could be necessary, but is not the deterrent. The goal is to stop the illegal behaviour, so the deterrent would have to be consistent police presence and the members of the Control Unit, who in the past were very active controlling public transportation and parking violations.
Because the road infrastructure can change as well as the increase in the number of motor vehicles, laws to accommodate these situations can be added or amended.
Russell A. Simmons
