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Feb 01, 2013 Letters

 

 

Dear Editor,
For a number of years commuters have had to endure hardships at the Vreed-en-Hoop stelling just to please a few bitter Route 32 minibus operators.
There are a lot of wrongs being perpetrated by these operators who behave as if they are doing commuters a favour by transporting them to their destinations. They force the commuters to travel in conditions of overload, on uncomfortable seats, with rude behaviour.
My main problem is that in the past, minibuses would take passengers right to the stelling.
Now passengers are forced to disembark a far distance from the stelling because a few operators are claiming that when the bus goes there they collect passengers without joining the minibus line.
That, in my opinion, is wrong but then again, the condition of the buses and attitudes of the operators would deter anyone from travelling with them, especially tourists and commuters must be free to make their choice with what or who they want to travel with.
What bothers me is that sometimes a parent might have children who will have to either brave the hot sun or rain until they reach the stelling because there is nowhere that people could shelter properly.
Some minibus operators would express their anger when this happens, but they always claiming that if they only do that, the illegal monitor that is there for the Route 32 buses would report them and they will be arrested, charged and taken to court where they will then pay a fine.
I cannot understand who or when that law was passed but it is not fair. The so called monitor collects money from the buses in the line when they start to work and most time he attends to his newspaper business whilst the buses have to figure out who is behind whom in the line.
He is being paid to do that. If the operators or those in authority have no intention to find a remedy for this situation, I am appealing to them to show some sort of kindness and allow the buses to take the passengers to the stelling when the rain is falling.
One day someone might just decide to sit in the bus with their children until the rain is finished and that might cause a confrontation especially if the bus has to take passengers elsewhere.
Sahadeo Bates

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