83 Traffic Tickets In 6 Hours, 131 In 24 Hours
Police issued 83 traffic tickets during a six-hour enforcement operation on Saturday [Sept 12] and during the previous 24 hours, 131 tickets were issued, with a highest recorded speed of 96 km/h.
A police spokesperson said, “Between 7am and 1pm Saturday, 12th September 2026, Bermuda Police Service [BPS] patrol officers, working with Reserve Police officers, issued a total of 83 traffic tickets.
“The majority, for speeding.
- Speeding – 74.
- No driver’s licence – 2.
- No third party insurance – 2.
- Unlicensed motor vehicle – 2.
- Handheld device – 2.
- Failure to maintain tyres – 1.
“The highest recorded speed during the six hours on Saturday was 86 km/h.
“During the previous 24 hours [Friday, 11th September], 131 tickets were issued. The highest recorded speed was 96 km/h.
- Speeding – 114.
- Unlicensed / uninsured motor vehicle – 8.
- No driver’s licence – 4.
- No third party insurance – 2.
- Handheld device – 2.
- Failure to maintain tyres – 1.
“There were also four arrests: two on suspicion of impaired driving and two for outstanding warrants. For the entire weekend, 23 people were arrested for various offences, including seven on suspicion of impaired driving.
“Heightened, visible police patrols are scheduled to continue, at various locations around the island.
“Once again, the BPS urges road users to conduct themselves safely and responsibly.
“Particular caution should be exercised in areas where roadwork and roadside tree trimming is being conducted.”
YES! Send your fines in so the Ministers and the Big Guy have more money to pay for useless trips to foreign lands.
Yes indeed built those government coffers.
Courts are way to lenient with motorists. Long time off road, confiscate vehicles and offenders caught again, jail time…months, hefty fines and vehicles…gone. No longer allowed to own vehicles, drive or ride again.
Learn or catch the break the law club in lock up.
Bermuda, being a democracy, should heed what the citizens want in majority, which is more realistic and updated speed limits to match the rest of the intelligent civilized world. The muffins who get nervous driving over 20mph are people who shouldn’t be driving to start with. Canada where I have been has posted 80 kph speeds on single-lane country residential roads lined with houses and driveways. Stop punishing the Bermudian public for going 30-40mph. Our fines are so high here its sickening. $400 for going like 35mph? What a lazy way to take money from the public. Our cars and bikes are designed to stop from like 60mph in seconds. Stop pretending that going 35mph is dangerous.
No it is not that way in Canada.
Typically the urban and suburban roads lined with houses the speed limit is 50K.
Secondary country roads will be 80K. Restricted access highways 100K.
Driven in every province and territory except NW Territory.
“Police issued 83 traffic tickets during a six-hour enforcement operation on Saturday [Sept 12] and during the previous 24 hours, 131 tickets were issued, with a highest recorded speed of 96 km/h.”
Congratulations. The Bermuda Police Service ceased enforcing traffic laws more than 20 years ago. Now the Bermuda Police Service comes out every now and then, usually without warning, and issues a few dozen tickets.
That sort of occasional policing of the roads will not change anything. And I doubt many of those 74 speeding tickets will result in fines being paid. Look at the demographics of the people being ticketed/targeted.