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Jun 04, 2010 Letters
Dear Editor,
Freddie Kissoon wrote:
“The car that Austin Lashley was traveling in met in a headlong collision because the lights at that junction were in blinking mode [flashing amber lights].
No one had the red, no one had the green and death occurred. A replica, I repeat, a replica of that accident took place months ago at the junction of Church and Camp Streets.
“I don’t care if a crazy guy runs a red light I contend that if lights are functioning, causalities will be reduced.
This Government should acquire some commonsense and do a survey and ask drivers how many times they ran a red light.
“If you go past a red light, commonsense will tell you that you may die because an opposing driver is coming at you because he/she has the green.
If you don’t have traffic lights everybody is coming at everybody.
“In such a condition, according to Hobbes, the life of man would be nasty, brutish and short. Indeed the life of Austin Lashley was short.
“Instead of offering an apology for the death of Austin Lashley, the Government of Guyana chose to play politics with this little boy’s demise.”
What this professor failed to comprehend is that — traffic light in blinking (flashing amber lights) mode requires far more caution and care must be used when approaching and passing; than when the same light is in Red or Green mode.
How this professor could blame the President and government for what is clearly an international acceptable practice to programme the traffic light to change to flashing amber lights between the least trafficked periods in the night and wee hours in the morning is anybody’s guess.
David E. A. Jenkins
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