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Sloppy police work at the Harbour Bridge

Jul 11, 2012 Letters

Dear Editor,
After successfully avoiding being caught in traffic at the Demerara Harbour Bridge when it was closed to vehicular traffic, I was inadvertently got caught with the traffic on Tuesday 10th July, 2012. I witnessed the confusion and a traffic accident on the main road just before the junction on the western side .
From all indications accidents seemed to be everyday occurrences which could be avoided if the traffic officers could just take time-off from their social gathering around the security hut at the Western end of the Harbour Bridge.
After speaking to a few drivers, I was made to understand that as the vehicular line starts to build up, a lot of drivers would try to be closer to the front of the line. Thus they would try to force their vehicle into any space they see between vehicles.
Sometimes, while trying to do that they end up hitting/grazing one of the vehicles. Apart from that, sometimes the vehicle could barely fit between two. Other drivers with similar intentions would end up parking right behind a car trying to forge ahead in the line and there would end up being two lines, one starting some distance from the front of the main line.
Most times the bridge is closed for one and a half hours and if one of the police officers could take time off from the social gathering and position himself at the junction and do some real police work, there would not be any accident or drivers trying to force themselves in front of others.
In that way the traffic will flow smoothly and their work will be easier, instead of the confusion that happens when the bridge re-opens to vehicular traffic.
Perhaps, the Commissioner could explore the possibility of using the Neighborhood Police to help deal with these types of traffic, because the only time I see them in my neighborhood is when they are going or returning from the police station and quite frankly I am wondering what is their purpose within the police force.
 Sahadeo Bates

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