Latest update September 15th, 2026 10:20 AM
Theory of road madness in Guyana
Dear Editor,
Nice. The President is concerned about the current road carnage in Guyana. No president has ever addressed this issue before. But, this is all a new and cancerous road culture that has been allowed to metastasize over the past two decades. No politics to blame, it’s a social phenomena. It’s a result of opening a once closed economy. (The same is going to happen to Cuba when the embargo is lifted, and Guyana, again, when the oil money starts to come in.)
Guyanese are experiencing a “never see, come to see” attitude. Like a kid given a new car or a toy – he suddenly takes control and assumes the power of the car, or has a psychological urge to test the capacity of it. Or, like my brother who blasts his music to the highest decibel and then fights with the police because he feels he has a constitutional right to express himself.
Sadly, we are bombarded at school, and by the cheap street corner politicians, and by every hungry lawyer about out rights – human, social, constitutional, civil, etc. We know them all. But we know little about our social responsibilities. We teach rights. We no longer teach responsibility NO Responsibilities and rights are opposites sides of the same coin. You cannot have one without the other. They don’t teach this in school any more; not since the cane was banned.
We cannot implement new piecemeal road attitudes to stem the present road carnage. We have to change the culture of our people. Therefore a holistic approach is needed. The key word is holistic. The government needs the help of an experienced social psychologist.
Gowkarran Sukhdeo
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