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The unprecedented road carnage 

Aug 29, 2023 Letters

Dear Editor,

From the outset, please allow me to extend heartfelt commiserations to the bereaved families who continue to suffer due to road carnage. Guyana’s road fatalities continue to rank among the highest in the region and the world.

We continue to see a complete disregard for the law and human lives.

We continue to witness the wanton abuse of basic decency on our roadways. The laws are not being enforced due to weak institutions and the culture of corruption.

Errant drivers refuse to adhere to the traffic rules. It is evident that there is need for a robust intervention that must come from the highest level of the state.

The President must declare the road safety as a high national priority and Cabinet members must be given instructions to consider this in the execution of their mandates.

Added to this measure, the government must consider:

-immediate data collection and research on the cause of crashes. This should be a collaborative effort between the MOHA and the Bureau of Statistics -once the data is in, it should be used to guide all policies on the issue -the MOHA should implement a slow-moving traffic day all across the country.

– the Ministry of Home Affairs should craft a strategy to deal with the carnage that is based on five (5) pillars: road safety management, safe roads and mobility, safe vehicles, safe road use and post-crash response.

– the Government should consider high investments in technologies to implement the laws geared towards road safety.

– increased road safety education programmes and a review of the system of licensing drivers.

Ultimately, road safety is linked to the character and priority of the Government of the day. On the evidence before us, it does not appear that the Government is interested in making this issue a top priority and subsequently working towards remedying the situation.

Ms. Geeta Chandan-Edmond

APNU +AFC Member of Parliament

Attorney-at-Law

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