Dear Editor,
It seems that some motorists do not read or understand the Jamaican Driver's Guide, or maybe they do but they are just downright stubborn and refuse to obey traffic laws.
Why am I saying this? Because when a pedestrian is travelling on a main road that leads to a junction, and is about to cross that intersection, the vehicle that is in the opposite direction ought to stop and wait until that pedestrian crosses over before pursuing on, because the pedestrian has the right of way. But sadly, on many occasions, this is not so; some of these drivers are in a mad rush as if they are running from ghosts.
On the other hand, many drivers do not blow their horns when they are going around corners, especially deep corners; some of them just flash around corners, sometimes narrowly missing a person on the corner.
It is said that each one teach one. Well, I am putting it the other way: Each one, tell one. I am appealing to all the good drivers to tell bad drivers how to drive on the streets, if and when they get the opportunity to do so.
Simple little things, like stopping at the junctions, and blowing your horn, seem not be important to stiff-necked motorists.
Donald J McKoy
donaldmckoy2010@hotmail.com
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It seems that some motorists do not read or understand the Jamaican Driver's Guide, or maybe they do but they are just downright stubborn and refuse to obey traffic laws.
Why am I saying this? Because when a pedestrian is travelling on a main road that leads to a junction, and is about to cross that intersection, the vehicle that is in the opposite direction ought to stop and wait until that pedestrian crosses over before pursuing on, because the pedestrian has the right of way. But sadly, on many occasions, this is not so; some of these drivers are in a mad rush as if they are running from ghosts.
On the other hand, many drivers do not blow their horns when they are going around corners, especially deep corners; some of them just flash around corners, sometimes narrowly missing a person on the corner.
It is said that each one teach one. Well, I am putting it the other way: Each one, tell one. I am appealing to all the good drivers to tell bad drivers how to drive on the streets, if and when they get the opportunity to do so.
Simple little things, like stopping at the junctions, and blowing your horn, seem not be important to stiff-necked motorists.
Donald J McKoy
donaldmckoy2010@hotmail.com
Road code
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