It is now that I write my book that I realize that the Traffic Department does not give a damn to put white lines on the roads as it can then take less money for its own scams and Holland will anyhow finally pay for the hospital when that institution will be on the verge of collapsing... In my ignorance I didn't know that then.

How much money is saved by not putting white lines on roads? Versus how much money is lost by hospital costs for those who get into accidents because of the missing white lines??? Myself is only one case. My hospital cost was close to twenty thousand dollars. How many white lines can the department of traffic paint for that amount? The cost of being crippled for life can not be expressed in dollars. The punishment for the person who hit me is out of proportion with the pain he caused me, and causes me every day. This letter is a plea for white lines. For all those future potential victims that can be prevented. I pray for white lines on our roads. And I urge all readers to contact our department of traffic, commissioner Ferrier, and ask for white lines on our roads.

Please Mr. Ferrier, can we get white lines now? On the bridge, in front of Royal Palm, on the Oyster Pond road, under the traffic lights at town, there we have them clear and well. And the quality is good. Those lines should be everywhere. The difference with the French side is so clear, that it is no wonder all the tourists go there, when asked, they tell me the driving is safer French side, why risk an accident here where you can't see the roads limits, especially at night. So, please sent your letter, or fax to the government building, traffic department, attention Mr. Ferrier and ask for white lines on our roads. You may add that your road tax is paid and you would like to see the roads safe. Money is spent on signs like the overdone unneeded sign at the Hendriksstraat. That is a right-out laughing matter to tourists. At the corner of Backstreet and Hendrikstraat is a red round shield with a white horizontal bar. Everyone knows what that means. Then is under there a plaque with the text: No Entry, Oncoming Traffic, One Way. That is so overdone, not needed, ridiculous, as the red round sign with white horizontal bar says it all. Why 3 times extra there, but no white lines? And why must men cut grass along the road where the grass does not at all obstruct the view, does not impede the traffic at all? At places where there are no white lines the grass is maybe cut so the victims of the next accident can be put on the side of the road easily. Let your pen express your disgust at the present situation, and ask for it. Make your government work for you. That is what they promised in election time. Now make then hold their word. Towards a better Sint Maarten.