If speed­ing tragedies are the rea­son for erect­ing bar­ri­ers, we may save huge sums by fol­low­ing the ex­am­ple of Ja­maica and more ad­vanced coun­tries. The radar speed gun, which al­so gives pic­tures of num­ber plate and ve­hi­cle, has been very ef­fec­tive in con­trol­ling speed and ac­ci­dents. What strikes one as most re­mark­able is that Ja­maica, a coun­try that for over 70 years has been less fi­nan­cial­ly able than T&T, has been us­ing these guns for over 20 years and we haven't armed our­selves yet.

The gun is an im­me­di­ate and long-term so­lu­tion to our prob­lem if used ef­fi­cient­ly and with ze­ro tol­er­ance. As an ad­di­tion­al ben­e­fit, the pop­u­la­tion will lose much of its lack­adaisi­cal at­ti­tude to­wards the law. Of course, all these ben­e­fits de­pend on the prompt pass­ing of rel­e­vant laws, qual­i­ty man­age­ment of the po­lice and the ab­sence of the for­giv­ing ex­cep­tions we love to ap­ply. To deal with the im­me­di­ate in­crease in cas­es, night court may be nec­es­sary as well as com­put­er­is­ing and shar­ing of in­for­ma­tion with all rel­e­vant cen­tres.

Van Stew­art

Diego Mar­tin