Crack down on Mini-bus Music

May 03, 2013 Letters

Dear Editor,
Reference is made to your news item on the beating death of a passenger on a minibus. It is heart wrenching to read the story how the conductor beat up the passenger who complained about the loud music on the bus.
The law is not being enforced and politicians are showing an indifference to deal with the situation. Noise is damaging to the health leading to hearing loss. While the young people may not feel the health effects now, it will tell later on in life.
People have a right to speak out against loud noise and they are entitled to the comfort of a peaceful ride on a public operated vehicle for which they pay a fee. That is their right. Those bus drivers who break the law should be fined and prosecuted.
The loud music on the bus that is played in the buses is not even soothing or pleasant to the ears. Most of the times the songs are lewd and disrespectful to the decent minded. I used the minibuses whenever I am in Guyana to interact with ordinary Guyanese and one can sense the unhappiness of passengers of having to listen to the trash and the loudness that deafen the ears.
On many occasions, I protested against the loud music and often found myself as the lone voice speaking out against the loud noise in the minibuses. Others tend to be afraid to speak out against the loud decibel music or simply enjoyed the boisterous noise.
Some even smoke in the buses when it is against the law to smoke in enclosed places further destroying our health. The loud music buses passed right in front of police stations and patrol cops on the road but the police tend to do nothing. They just waved the drivers onwards.
I am surprised that those who ride the buses are not deaf from the loud music which does destroy the hearing drum after a while. Any doctor will tell people that loud decibels destroy the ear drums.
The government must crack down on minibus operators – confiscating the buses and revoking and jailing the licenses of drivers.
As for the conductor who beat up the passenger, he must face the music of the law. But the driver should not go unpunished. He is responsible for regulating the music played on the bus. He should also be charged and fined for various offenses, including for loud music and for possession of the instrument that led to the beating of the passenger that caused death.
The law against bus noise pollution must be enforced.
Politicians need to be proactive on this issue in light of the beating death of one passenger who was brave enough to take a stand on the issue. The politicians and police have let us down.
Vishnu Bisram

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