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| Egeton Newman |
Today some transport operators withdrew their services. This had a limited impact on the travelling public. Based on feedback that I have been having, some operators have received a high number of traffic tickets and they want to escape the penalty of their licences being suspended.
The service withdrawal on Tuesday, June 11, should have less impact on the commuting public. Commuters are advised to leave their homes earlier than usual to get to work on time.
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Statement from transport sector leaders:
Deon Chance
Egeton Newman
Raymond Bynes
I was unable to get a statement from Minister Vaz.
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9 comments:
FED UP
There is no transport sector or leaders in Jamaica....what we have is a garrison of rat nest who nah tek nuh talk....government is impotent and lack the vision to deal wid dem.....
We have ceded public space and order to this gang of loud mouths and louts.....the only persons they listen to are loada man things and extortionist gunmen....check spanish town.....
Something's the government say I don't agree because if I have load and going towards the park and the taxi stop and take me up before I reach in the park I don't believe they should get a ticket for that
I could tell anybody that guy who come up with the plan to withdraw service yesterday are guilty of 3quater a the wrong things on the road
This rubbish must stop, them nuh run thing and this government must take a stance weather it causes them the election of not nuh light weight can't run this country where so many gangsters are, you have to rule with a iron fist as Miss Grant said, God rest her soul
We are so accustomed to the disorder that we don't even recognise it anymore. Go visit another country where they respect order and decency & see if what you're proposing takes place. We are so blind to it that we don't make the connection between disorder & crime or the wanton deaths on our roads.
I have been saying for years that we need to take the jing-bangs out of the transportation sector. All they do is hustle on the roads and act as if the roads belong to them. They are utterly selfish. Back in my day of riding the buses, the conductors were stink and paedophiles who were notorious for having relationships with school girls. You use to have drivers slam into people at the bus stop cause they're racing to pick up passengers. I had a coworker whose 12 year old daughter died cause of an incident like this. They used to stuff the buses like the slave ship on the Middle Passage. For so long, we Jamaicans SUFFERED at the hands of these lawless people. I used to think then that the government had little regard for its people when they give them that kind of system & call it public transportation.
What needs to happen is that bus drivers and conductors should be made employees working for a few transportation owners (about 10-15 covering the entire island) and to receive a set salary with benefits such as health insurance, uniform and vacation. Then they would be less likely to behave like hustlers on the roads. No amount of penalty is going to bring about order unless the system is structured.
My suggestion is really meant for non-JUTC for bus drivers & taxi drivers as well.
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