You and I can complain all we like because nothing is going to happen, there is a cold war going onout there our roads playing the blame game gets us no where ,it is what it is, Mad Max and the kamikaze drivers are exercising their right to demonstrate with speeding and reckless driving .

The police have their hands tied simply because there is not enough space at Westgate when they don’t have the money to pay their fines, not enough space to park confiscate vehicles also not enough beds at K.E.M.H. and not enough space in our cemeteries.

Fines ,confiscating licenses and speed camera is not going to work either, punishment is futile, police speed chasing is dangerous.

It is all because, simply,there exists a group of no care individuals who have the mind set that they can live outside the law and they know exactly what they are doing.

However, all that is not the real problem, may be is our inability to address the real situation and deal with it, throwing money at it is point less because there is a very long list of growing dissatisfaction and starting at the top with anger, may be because they think that they are hard done by. or it is for me to know and you to find out.

Pure and simple it is all about survival!

We are all hard done by!

ITS F****** TERRIBLE!!!!

The tailgating, the failure to stop at stop signs, the stopping beyond stop line at lights, the overtaking at dangerous places, the yapping on phones. It goes on & on.

And the police wonder why there is such mayhem on the roads. They are not doing their job.

People in Bermuda blame the road conditions for accidents, when it is nothing but poor driving.

The people who choose to drive at 35 – 40 kph are frustrating everyone else and causing others to drive more recklessly than they ordinarily would. Causing others to overtake where they normally would not and then drive faster than they would like to make up for lost time.

This is almost 2017. No-one has time for 35 kph. It’s ridiculous.

Raise it to a comfortable 50 kph and enforce it.

That excuse of ‘raising the limit will cause people to go faster’ is stupid as well. People are already driving faster. One can only go so fast before they have to slow down again and they are already doing it.

No crashes for me in 40 years. It really is not that hard. I am really fed up with paying high insurance because of all the people who can’t drive though.

People who have say 10 or 15 years offence & crash free should only have to pay a 10% insurance premium. Really sock it to the people who can’t drive more than 5 years without crashing into something.

This is total nonsense . Are you trying to imply that ALL car drivers here have some level of maturity that bike riders don’t and never will have ?

Where do you think all these nut jobs with a steering wheels in their hands come from ? A large percentage were out of control bikers first so driving a car obviously didn’t change them in any way .

Besides , I’d bet that the reason you never will let your child drive a bike here is because you’re more afraid of them being picked off by a car or truck .

Roads are in terrible shape from a long period of neglect. Try doing Trimingham Hill Rd. starting at the rediculous rumble strips on Tessies Highway. The bumps on the roundabout will have you going straight into the sidewalk then the wall if you are not careful. Poorly laid out roundabout to start with. From there it is up the hill & zig zag your way to the south roundabout trying to pick a smooth line through the patches ontop of patches in the road.

What is the problem? It is not like we have heavy fast moving traffic or freezing roads destroying the surface.

Think about it. 20 miles long.
No one drive from Great Head to Malabar for a beer every 2 hours.

Think before you slash me.

Shalom.

Happy Stone Crusher………..

Would it be that difficult to have just one rolling road-block unit, ready to move around unpredictably and enforce the traffic laws daily/nightly? Even if it were only a few days and/or nights a week, we would know that enforcement is out there, and could be around the next bend at any time. It would slow everyone down and get a lot of problem vehicles and bad drivers off the road, or at least penalized per the law.

Support community policing, its return can’t come soon enough!

I will never let my child drive a bike here. Nor would I. Doesn’t matter how careful you are, always some other nutter or inattentive driver and bikers are too vulnerable. I have “saved” at least 20 lives by just taking evasive action. Thank you to the EMT folk. Must be a tough job.

It’s people with steering wheels in their hands , not other bikers , that force them into this decision . Its other cars and trucks that are the real threat . That’s why they chose to arm themselves with another 4 wheeled vehicle .

I can well relate to your concerns for your daughter’s safety because I’m terrified for mine every time I head out on my bike and I don’t have to worry about my child’s life.

The statistics are 3% losses on 55,000 vehicles on the road – the Bermuda government/police own statistics. If its so bad, why can 3rd party risk insurance be acquired for $125.00 for bikes and $200 for a car? Just wondering.

There is nothing like a dash cam to be the unblinking eye for you. It records the time, the where & the speed you were doing also.

The dash cam does not forget.

Have a blessed New Year.

So many times young men go flying by, overtaking me on blind corners and nipping back in if a vehicle is coming. Sometimes I have literally screamed because these guys nip back in with inches to spare. The way some people ride I swear down they’re suicidal.