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Aug 20, 2008 News
Despite the deployment of several radars, sources in the police East Coast Demerara district say that speeding by motorists continues to be one of the major causes of accidents there.
Speaking with this newspaper yesterday, traffic ranks said that drivers, especially those of minibuses, have developed a special system to beat the radar guns that are manned by ranks at strategic points along the East Coast Demerara Highway.
According to one traffic rank, drivers who would have passed police checkpoints are now signaling to their approaching colleagues that the checkpoint is nearby, hence the need to cut their speed.
However, as soon as they pass the checkpoint, drivers revert to their unruly ways.
Even the passengers of public transportation have observed the new methods being employed by the errant drivers.
“They would be going with a speed and then all of a sudden you notice that they are slowing down. A few seconds later, you will see the police with their radars,” one passenger told this newspaper.
He suggested that the police should vary their checkpoints and operate covertly if they are to effectively reduce speeding, especially by minibus drivers.
But one traffic rank told this newspaper that speedsters are still being caught by the numbers.
The rank disclosed that on an average 15 persons are charged everyday and this is only in one station district along the East Coast of Demerara.
However, he pointed out that since the introduction of radars in every police station district, accidents, especially fatal ones, have been significantly reduced.
The British government had earlier this year donated several radar guns to compliment the work of the Police Traffic Department in their efforts to reduce speeding, the main cause of road accidents in Guyana.
But the Sparendaam station district, which takes in the four-lane Rupert Craig Highway, remains overwhelmed by several serious accidents as a result of speeding.
This newspaper understands that for last week alone that district had to deal with accidents almost every night.
The police on the East Coast of Demerara have undertaken to ensure that they reduce accidents in their district.
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