THE EDITOR, Sir:
CERTAIN ACTS of kindness are being made illegal.
I am sitting here listening to a talk show and being regaled with tales of motorists being accused of using their vehicles as robot taxis, having their vehicles seized, not knowing where they have been taken, not being able to recover them for several days, and incurring hefty costs.
I can well recall when I was young (and used to take the bus) Mr. Ryan Peralto stopping his car at the bus stop at the corner of Constant Spring Road and Dunrobin Avenue, day after day, and offering lifts to anyone who was going his way.
HORROR STORIES
Hearing some of the horror stories involving motorists, the police and the Transport Authority these days, I cannot imagine how we could have reached such a sorry pass, so that apparently in trying to protect the revenue of bus companies, we have practically made it illegal for motorists to show any acts of kindness.
Where I work, most of the employees live in St. Catherine, especially the Old Harbour area, and I am shocked at the experiences my co-workers relate of their horrible experiences with the police and the Transport Authority. These seem to occur going to and from work, and even going to church on Sunday.
There is a relatively new talk show with a theme 'in the end, only kindness matters', but not in Jamaica. We make it illegal. How sad. And then we make the police judge and jury, to decide on both the facts and (apparently) the penalty.
I am, etc.,
CONCERNED
Kingston 6
