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‘Operation Safeway’ results is 23,385 traffic cases in first four months

May 10, 2012 News

The police have stated that as a result of their zero tolerance traffic enforcement ‘Operation Safeway’, 23,385 cases have been brought before the courts against motorists breaching traffic laws between January and April this year.
In 2009 the Police Traffic Department embarked on a campaign to reduce the carnage on Guyana’s roadways. As a result of this undertaking, a number of exercises were put in place to educate citizens about the necessity of heeding road laws.
The police continued to drop the heavy hand of the law on traffic offenders resulting in road users being prosecuted for at least 16 traffic offences.
Speeding is the most prevalent of traffic offences according to the police statistics report. A total of 5,556 persons faced the court for that offence, while 2,676 persons faced persecution for overloaded minibuses, the second most occurring road crime.
The police said that 1,064 persons were prosecuted for breaching the conditions of road service licence.  Seven hundred and forty two persons failed to conform to road signs and 627 persons were charged for obstructing the smooth flow of traffic.
Six hundred and seventeen persons failed to wear their seat belts while driving and 391 persons overtook on double yellow lines. Three hundred and fifty-seven persons drove under the influence of alcohol (DUI), 328 were unlicensed drivers and 327 persons were caught using their cell phones while driving.
Two hundred and five persons were pulled in for heavily tinted vehicles. One hundred and thirty-seven persons failed to heed traffic lights and 102 persons drove their vehicles dangerously. Ninety-two persons drove carelessly, 90 riders failed to wear their helmets and 10 persons were touting on bus parks.
Apart from the various offences committed by road users between the specified period, speeding caused 17 accidents, inattentiveness caused nine and failure to conform to road signs caused one accident.
And according to the report, those offences were the leading causes of fatal accidents for the specified period.
Nine categories of vehicles were involved in fatal accidents occurring in the earlier part of the year.  So far, 55 vehicles have been involved in accidents for the year. They included 13 private cars and 13 motor lorries.
Seven pedal cycles, six hire cars and six motor pickups crashed in fatal accidents. Four minibuses and four motorcycles were also involved in such accidents. An ambulance and a motor van also crashed in fatal accidents.
During the use of these modes of transportation, 28 road users were killed. The dead included seven pedal cyclists, three motor cyclists, one pillion rider, one passenger in a motor lorry, one in a motor van, one in a motor car, eight drivers, and seven pedestrians.

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