Road workers must be more polite to the public

Nov 17, 2015 Letters

Dear Editor,
Please permit me to use your paper to highlight a burning issue in society. The persons who do the jobs which place them on our public roads, need to understand that the commuters also need to get to work. I say this because I am at wits’ end with the way in which these workers inconvenience others in order to complete their jobs.
One must understand that you being there, means that you are already at work. When you see us passing, we are now trying to get to work, school, hospital, etc. Hence, it is not fair for you to inconvenience us; if it is that you have to wait a little longer for someone to stop and allow you to manoeuvre, then so be it. Also, most of these road workers operate without the presence of a policeman and they force you to stop by standing in your path with their hand stuck out. Are they authorized to do such things? Aren’t the members of the Guyana Police Force the only persons authorized to halt and divert traffic? If there has been any amendments of the law, we the public would appreciate a publication.
My most recent experience was on Monday 2015-11-16 at approximately 11:55 hours at Main and Middle streets, in the vicinity of the Palm Court Club. A Cevons Waste management sewerage truck was trying to reverse into the club’s entrance. In order to execute this, one of the staff dressed in blue overalls stood at the middle of the road and was attempting to halt the north bound traffic on the western carriage way. Since he wasn’t getting anywhere with the commuters, he placed himself directly in my path and signaled the driver to reverse. This action caused a lengthy traffic build up and with obvious anger, the man in the blue overalls, created a space behind me; on the other side of the truck for the vehicles to pass and bluntly said “he got to wait; he aint going anywhere”. Thank heavens my wife was not about to deliver. It wasn’t until I made a call to Cevons’ Office, that one of their representatives came and assisted me in getting out of that situation. Please understand road workers, we need to get to work too.
Sven Douglas
Public Servant

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