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This brazen bus conductor boasts that his police contacts will protect him

Jul 24, 2011 Letters

Dear Editor,
If I had needed any evidence of the arrogance of some mini-bus operators, I got it last Wednesday while travelling in a route 42 mini-bus from Diamond to Georgetown.
I was coming down to the city to lend support to the families who were protesting the deaths of their loves ones in the Homestretch Avenue crash.
I joined minibus BKK 4362 at Diamond. During the journey, the Conductor picked up two extra passengers. Then, as the vehicle was in the vicinity of the Providence Stadium, a fit of madness suddenly seized the driver, who began to do his best to overtake everything in his path.
With the recent tragedy still fresh in my mind, I immediately cautioned the driver and the conductor against overloading and speeding.
On reaching the Stabroek Bus Park, I warned the Conductor that I would report him to the police if he ever overloaded his vehicle again while I was travelling with him.
His response amazed me.
“You kyaan get me lock up,” he said. “I got a brother in the CID.”
He also made it clear that he would not pick me up in the future.
Well, I took his photograph and a photograph of the bus he was conducting.
I’ve handed them over to the police.
So now let’s see if the system works.
Michael Jordan.
Journalist

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