Dear Editor,
At 7:40 this morning (October 28), as I was travelling along Molynes Road, a bus conductor threw himself under my vehicle. Yes, he pretended to trip and fall under my vehicle. All this was done to prevent me from driving so that a Coaster bus could turn around in the middle of the road.
The bus driver laughed at his antics and, after he finished making this illegal U-turn, the conductor dusted himself off and told me with a smile on his face, "You have a water leak."
I immediately placed a call to 119 to inform them of the incident and request a permanent police presence on Molynes Road in the mornings. The woman who answered the phone responded: "Oh, that's what they do, you know." Her response was totally unprofessional, in my opinion, and further frustrated me. Here I am, a law-abiding citizen, making my way to work and my liberty could have ended because of this man's careless antics.
I will admit, the police do occupy Molynes Road from time to time, but occasional uniformed officers are not the solution because the bus and taxi drivers have their cronies who call and inform them when the police are on the road and they assume a false decorum when they are around only to act like hooligans and try to bully other road users when they are not present.
Something has to be done about this problem.
Sophia Beecher
beatrice67@hotmail.com
Stop Coaster bullies on Molynes Road
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At 7:40 this morning (October 28), as I was travelling along Molynes Road, a bus conductor threw himself under my vehicle. Yes, he pretended to trip and fall under my vehicle. All this was done to prevent me from driving so that a Coaster bus could turn around in the middle of the road.
The bus driver laughed at his antics and, after he finished making this illegal U-turn, the conductor dusted himself off and told me with a smile on his face, "You have a water leak."
I immediately placed a call to 119 to inform them of the incident and request a permanent police presence on Molynes Road in the mornings. The woman who answered the phone responded: "Oh, that's what they do, you know." Her response was totally unprofessional, in my opinion, and further frustrated me. Here I am, a law-abiding citizen, making my way to work and my liberty could have ended because of this man's careless antics.
I will admit, the police do occupy Molynes Road from time to time, but occasional uniformed officers are not the solution because the bus and taxi drivers have their cronies who call and inform them when the police are on the road and they assume a false decorum when they are around only to act like hooligans and try to bully other road users when they are not present.
Something has to be done about this problem.
Sophia Beecher
beatrice67@hotmail.com
Stop Coaster bullies on Molynes Road
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