Police record fewer accidents since Operation Safeway

Sep 25, 2016 News

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) has recorded a decrease in all categories of road accidents since the launch of Operation Safeway eight days ago.
As of Friday, 1,546 cases were made against motorists breaching the traffic laws. A total of 567 were for speeding and 96 for driving under the influence of alcohol. The others were arrested for various offences.
One hundred and fifty two persons were given breathalyzer tests of which 28 were found to be above the legal limit—this was on Friday night.
Two Wednesdays ago, the Police Traffic Department embarked on a campaign to reduce the carnage on the country’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 traffic offences.
As part of the operation, traffic ranks can be seen on the road conducting rigid exercises throughout the country with the main areas of focus being in Georgetown, East Bank Demerara (EBD) and East Coast Demerara (ECD).
There has been an increase in patrols during the day and night, random breathalyzer testing and in the use of radar guns. For the year already, 98 persons have lost their lives as a result of road carnage.
Traffic Chief, Dion Moore, said that majority of the arrests were made in ‘A’ Division. There has only been one road accident which resulted in two deaths at Unity, Mahaicony. The driver involved in that accident, has been charged.
While there is no cut-off date for Operation Safeway, the Traffic Chief indicated that the aim is to have more road safety consciousness, to promote better driving attitudes and road safety practices.
Meanwhile, Acting Commissioner of Police, David Ramnarine recently commented that the rates at which people are killed on the roadways is unacceptable, disturbing and of grave concern especially since Guyana is a small developing country.
”It is clear to us that while we in the force are continuing to do so much, there is a need for the driving population to have their own concerns awakened in this respect. As we see it, there is a very high degree of callousness regarding the attitude towards other road users, pedestrians in particular,” Ramnarine said.

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