Dear Editor,
On Monday, March 16, I was driving over the Walter Nisbeth Road I drove around the roundabout next to the police station with intention to look for a place to park on the pond. I indicated to the right because I intended to make a right turn unto the one way dirt road running parallel with the parking lot on the North side of the Walter Nisbeth Road. That dirt road is a one way road which is indicated by a clearly visible placed traffic sign number 10 of the St. Maarten Traffic Ordinance. As I started to make a right turn, I encountered a row of about eight quads coming in opposite (forbidden) direction over mentioned dirt road. I expected to see one of the regular gentlemen who usually leads/accompanies those quads, but that was not the case.
In order not to block the traffic coming behind me, I had to ease my way through them. I noticed that the leader of the group had driven onto the Walter Nisbeth Road and stopped in front of the traffic coming behind me in order for the rest of the quads to drive out onto the Walter Nisbeth Road. It is the first time that I encountered that situation and that did not go well with me. I’m writing this to you because of that same letter to you of March 13. The term “free for all” comes to mind. St. Maarten qu’o va dis?
Russell A Simmons
