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Aug 19, 2011 News
Misdemeanours of some traffic ranks of the Guyana Police Force were yesterday highlighted by President Bharrat Jagdeo, who stressed that they need to improve their conduct on the roadways.
He added that there are some ranks who clearly do not follow the established rules of the Force.
The Head of State emphasised that many of them are contributors to some of the problems that occur. He asserted that every time ranks give a free pass to someone who is drunk on the road, either because they know them or a bribe was received, they help to facilitate the lawlessness on the roadways.
Those remarks were made at the opening session of the Guyana National Road Safety Council’s Volunteers’ Training Workshop, held at the International Convention Centre, Pattensen.
Like the behavioural change that is required by the ranks, people need to change their lifestyles and mindsets to ensure the roadways are safe, President Jagdeo stressed. This new outlook, he noted, would be necessary for the infrastructural developments that are on the horizon.
He noted that in the future, Guyana will have more roads, for example, the contract for the construction of the East Bank Demerara four-lane highway from Providence all the way to the airport will be awarded within weeks.
“We are working now on a bypass from somewhere around Mocha to come into the city through Ogle. There will be another four-lane road on the West Coast, and the East Coast… going all the way to Golden Grove,” he stated. The transformation of Sheriff Street into a four-lane road is also in the making.
President Jagdeo posited that as road infrastructure develops the unacceptable loss of lives would increase, if nothing is done about it now, and he added that while many non-governmental organizations are advocating awareness of road safety, it is a mindset that persons have to work on. He stated emphatically that persons need to take greater responsibility for their actions and value their lives.
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