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Dec 04, 2019 Letters
The tragic news keeps the daily local frontpages and TV newscasts emblazoned with the dead and the maimed. Perhaps folks read and surmise that since they are not the subject of these fatalities, they’ll just carry on as before. And guess what – their names do appear, because new names are added daily to this enveloping senseless, speed drunkenness.
The Traffic cops do have responsibility. But we all know cops are not going to be everywhere. Seems these senseless drivers know where to floor the gas pedals, causing the misery that attend to these accidents. Perhaps the penalties for traffic infractions need to be strengthened. Perhaps some folks should see their license suspended with attendant fines or revoked for certain infractions. Of course, that is before they choose to go all the way and include the innocent in their speed killing programme.
The incentives to speed seem built into the operational methods of public transportation, mini-buses and taxi service. Quick trips may mean more money. Or a quick one-way ticket to Boot Hill!
With a small population and a promising future, the country needs all hands-on deck. The public has a role in this and perhaps their voice has yet to reach the crescendo level to stir legislative or other official intervention.
So, we fiddle while the bodies pile up!
Thanks,
Phil Edwards
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