471 Traffic Tickets Issued In April 2023
“During the month of April 2023, 471 traffic tickets were issued, up from 468 in the previous reporting period,” the police said today.
Chief Inspector Robert Cardwell, Tactical Operations Division, said, “Operation Vega remains a priority for the Bermuda Police Service. However, while enforcement has a role to play in helping to reduce harm on our roads, every road user has a responsibility to ensure their own safety and the safety of others, in their daily travels around the island.”
Statistics
A police spokesperson said, “From 1st January until 30th April 2023, 87 drivers were arrested for impaired driving – 14 in January, 27 in February, 25 in March and 21 in April. In comparison, for the same period in 2022, 55 drivers were arrested for impaired driving.
“During the month of April 2023, 471 traffic tickets were issued, up from 468 in the previous reporting period. In addition, 59 motorist advice notices [official written warnings] were issued, up from 51 in the previous reporting period.
“209 parking tickets were also issued, up from 172 in the previous reporting period.
“Since the start of Operation Vega [6th July 2021], a total of 9,634 traffic tickets have been issued. The breakdown of ticketed traffic offences for April 2023 is below. The change compared to the previous reporting period is provided in brackets.
- Speeding: 149 [-92] Speeds ranged from 59 kph to 92 kph.
- Traffic sign: 29 [+3]
- Unlicensed vehicle: 80 [+30]
- No third party insurance: 64 [+18]
- No driver’s licence: 57 [+3]
- Manner of driving: 11 [+9]
- Disqualified driver: 1 [-6]
- Seatbelt: 9 [+5]
- Helmet: 8 [0]
- Handheld device: 18 [0]
- Defective vehicle: 3 [+1]
- Fail to give name/address: 0 [0]
- Fail to stop: 7 [+2]
- Fraudulent documents: 0 [0]
- Making false statement: 0 [-2]
- License plate offence: 16 [+9]
- Tint offence: 14 [+14]
- Youth license offence: 4 [+2]“
The number of people continuing to be caught driving without vehicle license , no minimum insurance and no drivers license still amazes me.
These are the people who will run when they get in an accident of their own making.
We need varied speed limits on island, like any other developed or advanced nation has. Even Canada has a limit of 80kph for small narrow country roads that go between houses. The limit of 35kph was set for Horse and buggy 100 years ago, and was the max speed a buggy could gallop. You would think after 100 years we would have updated our speeds. All you people stuck in the stone age with your 20mph is fast mentality, you need to travel the world more.
We could safely have zone speeds of 50/60/70kph etc on most of our roads.