Comments on: 150 Police, Stop & Search, CCTV, Checkpoints

By: cpm

cpm — Sun, 29 Jul 2018 01:05:14 +0000

Bikes should be targetted from 7:00am with their complete disregard for road safety and red lights,why do I have to constantly move over to accommodate their stupidity
It is a simple fix-cameras at junctions-letters in the mail summoning you to pay your fine-no pay no TCD licence

By: Lozzie48

Lozzie48 — Sat, 28 Jul 2018 21:54:37 +0000

Trust me…people like me are not the ones we want off the roads….last time I checked the very sad deaths that occur on our roads occur after midnight and are bike riders….so part of what I believe is that if we were serious about solving the problem we would focus our efforts on stopping the speeding and drinking of bike riders after midnight…in addition I would support speed cameras all day……

By: What??

What?? — Sat, 28 Jul 2018 11:44:18 +0000

Your questions about the publication of the stops is a good one. Starting these sobriety checkpoints by using the weaselly loop hole is a bad idea. It’s simply going to lead, quicker, to a legal challenge to the law.

Another question that needs answering is has the Admendment itself been Gazetted. The Admendment was passed in the Senate not that long ago.

By: Toodle-oo

Toodle-oo — Sat, 28 Jul 2018 10:39:10 +0000

*ALL bikes should be stopped after midnight every night….*

Wow , I never knew that it’s only bike riders who are DUI .

By: For real

For real — Sat, 28 Jul 2018 00:30:32 +0000

Maybe but at least I am not your bit**! Pi$$ off!

By: sage

sage — Fri, 27 Jul 2018 22:47:42 +0000

You are obviously a serial offender with a over-inflated sense of entitlement.

By: sage

sage — Fri, 27 Jul 2018 22:05:51 +0000

I can’t believe someone wrote this, but it sums up a lot of irresponsible addicts’ thought processes. Don’t drive if you have been drinking, period. You sound like a repeat offender with an over inflated sense of entitlement. You actually feel that driving after a half bottle of wine, at or above the legal limit is ‘law abiding’? These stops should be designed to get people like you off the roads. Nice blameshifting attempt there, enabled by authorities who break the law by not testing every crash at the ER to compile useful statistics.

By: sage

sage — Fri, 27 Jul 2018 22:05:12 +0000

Sounds like those who profit handsomely ($8-$10 beers etc) from liquor sales, where many DUI crashes and fatalities can be traced, should be responsible for your transportation, or ever heard about personal responsibility? I don’t own/drive a taxi, but I feel they have the right to deny service to intoxicated people who are known for bad behavior, violence and loss of control of bodily functions. Each bar should have a drunk-tank for those who have no self control.

By: Answer

Answer — Fri, 27 Jul 2018 22:00:33 +0000

Rather than checkpoints they should have random checks determined by the police.

But of course the sensitive snowflakes won’t allow that.

By: sage

sage — Fri, 27 Jul 2018 21:56:30 +0000

By: For real

For real — Fri, 27 Jul 2018 21:43:27 +0000

It will definitely hurt the restaurant and bar business but the retail sales guys will love this as people will just buy alcohol and have house parties or stay at home drinking like i am doing right now!

By: Lozzie48

Lozzie48 — Fri, 27 Jul 2018 21:18:16 +0000

Unfortunately the people who will suffer will be those of us who go out to dinner with their wives share a bottle of wine and head home.

Completely able to drive but over the ridiculous limit which determines if you are drunk.

Of course we all know that what should happen is that ALL bikes should be stopped after midnight every night….

What percentage of deaths occur on bikes after midnight as opposed to in cars prior to midnight….but this is Bermuda so we avoid the real problem and irritate the law abiding citizens!

By: JohnBoy

JohnBoy — Fri, 27 Jul 2018 19:55:03 +0000

Why can’t we see this level of security on a daily basis?

By: For real

For real — Fri, 27 Jul 2018 18:43:33 +0000

Then I am boycotting Cup Match and having a party at my house so my guests can crash there! To heck with spending money at Somerset Cricket Club and Risk of getting large fine after leaving the grounds! This will hurt business of Cup Match severely! Good luck Somerset! The PLP wanted to build the wall but you embarrassed then by letting Dunkley save the day and now they are coming after your bottom line by harassing your clients!

By: 21st Century

21st Century — Fri, 27 Jul 2018 18:24:48 +0000

I have no problem with this. However, I urge Minister Caines to go to Front Street on a weekend night after the bars close, to Dockyard after a party ends, to Horseshoe after a set, etc. and count the taxis. Hint: you’ll on need one hand.

By: sage

sage — Fri, 27 Jul 2018 18:06:11 +0000

Unconstitutional’ stop and search’ tactics to continue, and with Cup match festivities kicking off today, was the 5-15 day prior notification for a sobriety checkpoint gazetted as required or has a high ranking officer used the loophole to circumvent it? There is one way in and out of the west, and every vehicle is to be stopped it is going to be a steep learning curve for the cops who were supposed to go to the UK to train first and a terrible bottleneck situation.