Commendable vision, SSP Lewis

THE EDITOR, Sir:

I am responding to a letter published on January 20, congratulating Senior Superintendent (SSP) Radcliffe Lewis for his insight and initiative in attempting to rid our streets of young men wiping windscreens. I, too, was elated when I heard him speaking of this initiative on television.

I would love the writer of Thursday's letter to drive to the Three Miles roundabout, by the Portia Simpson Miller Square, or allow me to take her on any of my many trips along this route to experience the continued abuse and expletives that female drivers still endure from these unsolicited 'entrepreneurs'. Astonish-ingly, this abuse is being perpetrated right across from the Hunts Bay Police Station.

I would be most willing to chauffeur Ms Lawrence to the intersection of Washington Boulevard and Molynes Road to have a first-hand experience of having boys young enough to be my/her sons (10-14 years old, estimated) telling us about our anatomy and offering to execute their judgement for not having any money to give them. How dare us stop at these intersections and not have any money?

To SSP Lewis, I say, please, let this initiative to rid our streets of these windscreen wipers be part of your legacy when you demit office. The vision is commendable, but it requires consistency and proper execution for it to work.

I am confident that SSP Lewis does not embrace the word 'can't', so I anxiously await a lasting fix to this problem.

I am, etc.,

DIONNE HENRY

St Catherine