Traffic ranks lurking amid trees and stationary vehicles to trap unsuspecting drivers with speed guns, is hazardous to both the lawmen and road users, according to the Traffic Chief, Dion Moore.Traffic Chief,Dion MooreThe police,Curtis Samuel Youth Jersey, in an effort to control speeding drivers on the road, use radar guns to measure the pace of moving vehicles.However, there are reports coming out that policemen and women, working on the country’s roadways would tend to come out from stationary vehicles or from areas where there are bus sheds and stop vehicles.In February last, Daniel Hinds, a taxi driver from Mocha, East Bank Demerara (EBD), crashed his car into a culvert at Rahaman’s Park, EBD, and killed himself.This was after he allegedly spotted a traffic rank hiding behind a parked vehicle and he tried to slow down.According to reports, Hinds was traveling at a fast rate when he spotted the policeman in the vicinity of Rahaman’s Park and suddenly stepped on his breaks,Jonnu Smith Titans Jersey, causing him to lose control of his vehicle.Eyewitness said that the car spun three times before hitting the edge of a nearby drain and toppled. Many persons had blamed the traffic rank for Hinds’ death, citing that if he (rank) was not hiding, then the taxi driver would have seen him from a distance and slow down.The father of one was heading home when he lost control of his vehicle PPP 7130.The Traffic Chief, during the interview,Thomas Muller Germany Jersey, explained that ranks ought, to, to at all times, give the vehicle they choose to stop, enough time to come to a halt because if they (ranks) should dart out on the road and there is not enough space, the vehicle can cause an accident.He said that while ranks used (hiding behind stationary vehicles) as a strategy to catch speeding drivers, it is dangerous.“As superiors of those ranks, we emphasized on them that they should desist in such practice because it endangers their own lives as well as the lives of those who might be approaching them,” Moore stressed.Their tactic of suddenly emerging from the undergrowth,John Ross Jersey, bus sheds and stationary vehicles to catch drivers was branded ‘unfair’ and dangerous by drivers.One route 32 minibus driver, who asked that his name be withheld, said that alarmed motorists who spot the ranks abruptly slam on their brakes and put themselves and other road users at risk.“Sometimes, the roads are clear and then all of a sudden, a rank pops up in front of you from a turn or from behind a tree with the radar gun.They don’t give you enough time to stop. Also, if there is a vehicle in front of you,Kendell Beckwith Jersey, and you have to stop abruptly then the vehicle at the back could run into you,” the driver related.For the year, 18,Shaquill Griffin Womens Jersey,040 persons were charged for speeding countrywide. |