Dear Editor,
Via this media I would like to ask the drivers on Sint Maarten if they are aware of the laws governing the speed limit in the country? And my other question is if the drivers are aware of where they are going(destiny) when they get into their vehicles.
I am asking this because of the way drivers, both men and women, behave on the roads of Sint Maarten. Let me start by stating that there are only two stretches of roads, on Sint Maarten where according to the rules of overtaking, it is allowed to overtake another motor vehicle.
Those drivers who have done their driving exams on Sint Maarten are expected to know the steps(sequence) to be taken, before, during and after overtaking another motor vehicle. Because of this and knowing the limited amount of roads where overtaking is permitted, when I see drivers overtaking other motor vehicles in such an irresponsible manner,
I ask myself "Where are they going?" In doing so I would hope that they would ask themselves the same.
Sint Maarten is not growing any bigger and we are importing cars as if they are going out of style. I have had my carrier but with the irresponsible way in which drivers behave on the roads nowadays, I would have a field day every day.
I have decided to write about driver' s behaviour to you after constantly being approached by drivers to write something on drivers behaviour. What I constantly experience is the gypsies stopping anywhere and not even pulling off the road. Gypsies, that is another topic people are approaching me about.
The general opinion is that they are disrupting the public transportation. I have suggested it in the past and I believe that with the assistance of the marines and immigration personnel that gypsy ordeal can be brought to an end.
The tax department should also be contacted because these are people with residency who are openly and illegally making money in closing I will repeat and ask drivers to ask themselves before deciding to overtake "Where am I going?"
Russell A SIMMONS
