Comment: This is actually my first time commenting in any forum like this, but felt I had to because it is very disturbing. I life has been lost through sheer recklessness and this I am sorry. However, some of the bus drivers seem like they do not have any respect at all for their lives, let alone another person’s. They use the roads as if they are the only users! I mean what happen to other drivers, pedestrians or even the passengers themselves that should be their concern?
I hope this accident sends a strong message to the other bus drivers and other persons who blatantly ignore the speed limits because most of the in a fatal accident, the driver’s life is speared while innocent lives are lost.
The accident should also send a message to the Traffic Department. It is time they become more visible, instead of coming just in the outskirts of Basseterre to check for licensing at the beginning of the month. They need to be in remote or secret area throughout the island. While it is impossible for them to catch all offenders, they will surely catch some. On too many occasions, I have been forced off the road for bus drivers who are racing to get back in town at afternoons.
Passengers also need to speak up and let their bus drivers know that they (passengers) are expected home. I am sick of lazy Police Officers, I am sick of other drivers who indicate to bus drivers and other when Police Officers are on the road and I am also sick of Passengers who allow bus drivers to drive them recklessly.
My thoughts and prayers are with the driver of the school bus and the children who must be terrified by that experience.
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