THE EDITOR, Sir:I AM a 17-year-old girl, completely worried about the death of the man who was hit by a 'chi-chi' bus on Friday, March 11, 2005 on Half-Way Tree Road and died instantly in front of my school (I.A.E) (the same day the students got hit down in St. Elizabeth and died). I was right by the Half-Way Tree Post Office heading down to school when this happened, on those same side walks.
The drivers of the 'chi-chi' buses refuse to drive slowly and carefully in the bus lane that begins at the First Caribbean bank down to my school gate, going down on Half-Way Tree Road, because the lane is always free and they're always running to get through the light. I walk the sidewalk every day and it is not a pretty feeling to see and hear the buses at top speed passing me on the sidewalk.
These buses drive so recklessly. The problem is the same drivers that used to drive the coasters fast and carelessly are the same drivers that they employ to drive these 'chi-chi' buses. I personally rather be stranded than take one. Every driver on the road always gives them 'blighs' and so on, because all you hear is "u better gi dem way cuz dem chi-chi bus man ya nuh ramp". Every road driver personally knows this. I
commute every day from St. Thomas to Kingston for school and as far as the eye can see, coasters are better and safer to travel on.
Citizens and commuters, please take into consideration the safety of yourself and your children and let authorities take the matter in hand to either train these drivers or recruit new ones.
I am, etc.,
TRISHA R.
indiansugar@hotmail.com
St. Thomas
Via Go-Jamaica
