Home Affairs Minister meets with Region 3 drivers on road safety issues

West Coast Demerara : Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee has been facilitating meetings with drivers in the different communities to listen to their suggestions on how to improve road safety and establish steering committees. Minister Rohee yesterday met with the drivers of West Coast and West Bank Demerara.

“This meeting is to meet with you, to talk around the issue, to get ideas from you and at the same time solicit your involvement,” Minister Rohee said.

He told the drivers that they must become involved in road safety and to make the issue much more powerful because they must pass the message on and try to make people become more  aware of road safety issues.

Regional Chairman, Region Three, Julius Faerber called the meeting a timely one for the reasons that the new school year starts today.

The drivers made several suggestions, among these were the need for undercover cops in unmarked vehicles to more effectively regulate traffic infractions, the need to enforce speed and weight limit for trucks, as well as the need for tractors to remove their caged wheels before driving on the roads.
The drivers also asked that cops issue tickets instead of confining vehicles for traffic infringements.