Drive on the left except when overtaking

THE EDITOR: Instead of the urgently required Interchange at the CR and UB Highway intersection, drivers turning south from Port-of-Spain have, instead, broken white lines showing them how to make the right hand turn. This is progress under the PNM! Soon, perhaps, in a further signal of first class nationhood we shall have a “Junior Minister of UB/CR Intersection” appointed to Cabinet.

After passing Grand Bazaar the Central and South-bound motorist is greeted with a series of smart new road signs. Very impressive. The first reads “Drive on the left except when overtaking.” Could this be repeated down (and up) the highway every 200 metres, be lettered in neon and have the message repeated orally over an attached loudspeaker so that drivers of 20 and 30 years experience and including police drivers would pay some attention to the requirement to drive on the left when this lane is free, leaving the right lane empty and available to overtaking vehicles. Driving instructors — you too, please take note!

GEOFF HUDSON
Port-of-Spain