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Nov 17, 2023 Letters

Dear Editor,

Earlier this year and during the lockdown time of the dreaded COVID-19, loved ones were lost and many were unable to physically say goodbye. Family members should have been provided with the hospital gowns, masks, gloves etc. to visit and say farewell? Decision makers throughout the world were so wrong.

Likewise, on our roads in Guyana, the increased number of vehicles on our overly-congested roads has given rise to more road crashes. Each day, many persons like myself fear leaving our homes to battle through the unruly traffic. Drivers generally have no road sense and flout the traffic laws. Some are speeding or drunk/drug driving. Pedestrians, especially our children run wild as schools no longer have road safety patrols. This year, almost every day, innocent persons are killed or injured for life. 99% of the accidents are avoidable, and again we who are left behind are unable to say goodbye or afford the medical care. Decision makers are so wrong.

When will road safety become a priority? Does anyone check the cost of losing our young people – our future, or the cost of treatment and care for the injured?  Or the cost on families who can hardly afford to cremate or bury their loved ones? The cost to our country is horrendous. We can soon boast that we may become the richest Caribbean country, but unless our laws are enforced to stop these preventable deaths and injuries on our roads, we would have failed. To those who supposedly care – our decision makers our lawmakers, let’s face reality. We have a pandemic on our hand.

Our “young” inexperienced traffic ranks cannot cope. The judicial system has so many victims going to court seeking justice month after month year after year to no avail, and it is a truly traumatic experience. One cannot blame victims of road traffic crashes to accept monies to conclude their tragic court cases.

Motorcyclists no longer feel the need to wear helmets. This is against the law but few are stopped by the police. It is a known fact that we do not have the medical expertise to assist in head injuries, and the shortage of blood is another worrisome issue. Worse yet, these so very guilty cyclists have their precious child/children as passengers with no protection. There is a lack of vigilance in reprimanding non-helmet users. Failure to address these and so many other road safety issues is a moral
and economic disaster.

Regards,

Denis Dias

Mothers in Black

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