Comments on: Community Must Take Action On Road Safety

By: PBanks

PBanks — Fri, 08 May 2015 15:03:28 +0000

Maybe I should take one of your troll pills

By: Lone Wolf

Lone Wolf — Fri, 08 May 2015 11:34:43 +0000

I agree with the comments about the road conditions. I ride a motorcycle 90% of the time. Most of my travels (to and from work) are in the west end. The road conditions from Somerset Bridge all the way into Dockyard are just pathetic. Inch deep trenches, potholes, tree root speedbumps and ‘whoop-de-doos’ are EVERYWHERE! And don’t bother taking Soundview Road to avoid them because Soundview Road is even worse! I have been riding for 25 years and have never seen road conditions like this before. It is disgusting. Even seasoned riders get pulled from side to side when our tires get sucked into the trenches. HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE TO GET INJURED OR KILLED BEFORE THEY FIX IT?

I can only imagine how many tourists are going to go home injured or in a box because of our roads in the west. They can barely ride on GOOD road conditions!

And as for the police, they need to be out there with their laser and highly visible patrols at NIGHT! Not during morning and 5:00 pm rush hour traffic. STOP ticketing hard working people who are just trying to get to work or get home from work and START pulling over the people leaving the bars and the people racing up and down the streets at 3:00 am!!

By: Casi

Casi — Fri, 08 May 2015 02:27:54 +0000

And to your point I would add that another factor often is reckless driving from the 16 year olds all the way to adults… I just had a hit and run a few days after the tragic death of the young lady and although the driver of the bike was identified (just passed the “driving. Test” recently) they don’t take responsibility for their careless action and of course always find excuses for their careless and inconsiderate behavior …

By: ImJustSayin

ImJustSayin — Fri, 08 May 2015 00:24:19 +0000

They will not be able to change road behavior and they know it. It’s just another revenue making move for a broke government because if it wasn’t they would be out there rain, blow or shine. So all of you ‘Dudley Do Rights’ stop dreaming. I’m just saying!!

By: broken walls

broken walls — Thu, 07 May 2015 23:24:46 +0000

Some of the worst driving is by the BPS, they don’t practice what they preach!

Just the other day they wrote off two motorcycles, one was brand new!

http://bernews.com/2015/04/collision-police-vehicle-accident/

Here is just a partial list of their track record!

http://bernews.com/2010/09/police-in-pursuit-car-overturns-crashes/

http://bernews.com/2013/04/collision-involving-police-car-in-southampton/

http://bernews.com/2012/12/accident-involving-police-car-in-devonshire/

http://bernews.com/2012/04/police-car-crashes-responding-to-burglary/

http://bernews.com/2014/04/police-officer-injured-in-motorcycle-collision/

http://bernews.com/2012/03/police-car-crashes-on-north-shore/

http://bernews.com/2011/12/police-car-crashes-in-southampton/

http://bernews.com/2011/10/police-car-crashes-into-wall/

http://bernews.com/2012/02/accident-police-car-private-car/

http://bernews.com/2011/06/accident-in-devonshire-bike-police-car/

http://bernews.com/2011/05/two-injured-after-police-car-taxi-accident/

http://bernews.com/2011/05/police-car-crashes-in-st-davids/

http://bernews.com/2011/01/motorbike-police-collision-two-hospitalized/

http://bernews.com/2010/11/middle-road-police-vehicle-truck-collide/

http://bernews.com/2010/11/accident-police-car-smashes-wall/

http://bernews.com/2014/10/police-officer-involved-in-causeway-collision/

http://bernews.com/2014/11/collision-involving-police-car-water-truck/

http://bernews.com/2015/01/collision-jan-9-2015/

By: Terry

Terry — Thu, 07 May 2015 20:49:39 +0000

Don’t know what Banks your on but you sure are a Challenger.
PB. Take a pill dood.

By: PBanks

PBanks — Thu, 07 May 2015 20:19:43 +0000

That’s great (and for the most part very true), but it’s been shown that people are choosing not to listen and adhere to rules of the road, despite multiple calls from various Ministers of Transport, police spokespersons, RSC chairpersons among others.

‘Education’ and ‘Awareness’ aren’t working.

By: Terry

Terry — Thu, 07 May 2015 18:05:47 +0000

Good point Jeremy.
Having investigated hundreds of accidents over my years of gone by I can assure you that you do have a point.

“Everyone Knows” is actually correct.

Everyone knows what corners/bends/hills et al are to be careful of when it is raining. It’s a no brainer for those that ride/drive.

Part of passage to be taught, observe et al.
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Slow the flick down and stop being in a hurry and stop the dui’s which do not always come out right in an autopsy.

An opinion.

Shalom.

By: stunned...

stunned... — Thu, 07 May 2015 17:38:59 +0000

i used to think that road conditions were an unlikely/small contributor of some road accidents but having recently rode on these roads on a motor bike i can attest that some roads are damn dangerous in the daylight with ruts, uneven paving, pot holes, gravel, sand, oil, glass etc., to name a few . at night with these conditions and poor lighting, my chances are being involved in a single vehicle accident has increased and this is before fatigue or alcoholic drinks.

the ministry of W&E must also take action in facilitating Road Safety.

By: Micro

Micro — Thu, 07 May 2015 17:35:14 +0000

Road conditions definitely play a role in road accidents but almost (if not) every road death can be directly attributed to speed and/or alcohol/other drugs.

While some junctions definitely need changes to the layout to make them safer, most serious accidents in those areas can be directly attributed to speed, drugs and poor driving habits.

By: PBanks

PBanks — Thu, 07 May 2015 16:54:06 +0000

Who knows. Since the start of the year there has been a “Summit”, a social media campaign, and some formation of a Working Group… from the powers that be.

Maybe there’ll be a meeting at the end of this month to provide another press release.

Decisive action? Yeah right.

By: PBanks

PBanks — Thu, 07 May 2015 16:32:21 +0000

So this weekend, officers will be out to keep an eye on the streets, which will be followed by status quo for the rest of the month. That’ll do it.

By: Jeremy Deacon

Jeremy Deacon — Thu, 07 May 2015 16:16:54 +0000

Does this mean, then, that it is the road conditions that are the biggest threat? ‘Everyone knows’ (the two most dangerous words in Bermuda IMO) that ‘all’ accidents are attributable to D&D – maybe this suggests that that is not the case.
There are two things that are therefore relevant – 1. the lack of inquests that would help to clarify whether road conditions/layout etc was a contributory or not and 2. the continued lack of action from Government on this issue, this group http://bernews.com/2015/04/new-road-safety-working-group/ was meant to have met in April, we are now on May 7 and I, for one, have seen nothing.