Dear Editor,
With satisfaction I read the articles concerning the police controls. As we would say here, all I have to say is that they should make sure to control the lights on all motor vehicles on the road, both during the day and during the night.
In the traffic ordinance there is a chapter on lights. Beside as traffic signals, there is no other place in the traffic ordinance where the use of green lights is mentioned, and beside the official public transportation there is no place in the traffic ordinance where the use of blue lights is mentioned.
I am not aware if there are changes in the traffic ordinance where lights on motorvehicles is concerned, but I know from experience that the owners of motorvehicles are encouraged to have bright headlights, which is contrary to what's in the traffic ordinance.
I hope the police would really look into the. lighting of motorvehicles used on the roads of St. Maarten. It has become a free-for-all. Our streets are not wider and when during rainfall one is confronted with bright lights it is not so pleasant. The controls are necessary.
By the way, we need to get rid of that ridiculous black tint.
Russell A. Simmons
