THE LIGHTS GO OFF.

Public transport is a service we pay for since everybody cannot afford to buy a car. The problems associated to this kind of transportation in Ghana are of major concern to the public. The use of light is for a better view or vision.  

The driver of the vehicle whose service I had purchased turned off the light when I needed it so much to read a document. To my surprise, nobody complained. It seemed the rest of the passengers were comfortable with the lights off. I was then curious and started to observe things around me. On my way, I did observe that, all the drivers had their inner lights switched off. What hit me like an atomic bomb was when a passenger respectfully asked the driver to turn off the lights.

So I tried to find answers to the questions that have flooded my mind from one the passengers. Diana Odoi, a student of Ghana Telecom University said,” I don’t know why the drivers put off the light, but I know they put it on when a passenger will alight to prevent him or her from falling”. The second person who didn’t give his name had this to say,” the drivers put off the light to prevent thieves from stealing in the bus”. He also reiterated that, the lights generate heat and therefore there is the need to put it off. Reasonable as it may sound, he added that the lights are put off to avoid eye contact.

If the reasons given are true, then what about this reason from an anonymous person,” the lights go off so that drivers will see the readings and know how fast they are going. Share your thoughts with me and lets all get a clearer understanding of why the lights must or should go off in the public transport, when students can read a book before alighting at their destination.