St. Maarten Private Eye

The only persons who will benefit from the government’s ill-conceived Bus Fare Hike are the ones who own the bus licenses, bus permits and the buses----- and they are certainly not the bus drivers.

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Bus drivers are not responsible for senior citizens, the country is. As such, it would have been more acceptable if government had used some of the monies they have been squandering to increase the old age pension or to give the elderly a paid-for pass that allows them to ride on all the buses. The SVB card for seniors will not work as a pass, simply because the bus drivers are not getting anything from it, and it is a waste of time.

On the road it is a dog eat dog thing. Bus drivers overtake their colleagues anywhere in order to get their buses filled. Some stop in the middle of the road to keep other buses from passing them. Most are help drivers that do not speak English.
Yesterday, I rode on two buses to two different directions just to see the behavior of bus driver since the hike. On the route to Mullet Bay, a bus driver just pretended that he did not see the elderly woman waving her umbrella and headed for the two teachers lower down. On the route to St. Peters, the bus diver told the Grandfather and his grandchild to take the other bus. It was Louis Laveist who told us, “DO NOT CHALLENGE THE BUS DRIVERS!”

If you normally carry your elderly folks around, please don’t resign them to the bus drivers because you heard they can ride for free. One granny told us that she had to wave her two dollars in the air so she could be picked up. While those who monopolize the bus licenses are laughing, our senior citizens at the bus stop are rotting for free!

Today-Citizens Over 65 Will Ride Free-October 24, 2007

Daily Herald-Lose Lose Lost-Nov 1 2007

Lose lost Part 2

Daily Herald-Elderly Man Falls From Bus-Nove 7 2007

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