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• I'm with you John ! There are quite a lot of changes that need to be made in Barbados in order to MBGA ( Make Barbados Great again ) , the Barbados is was ( The GEM of the Caribbean) when I spent some time on that Island years ago.

• Ossie i guess you right on that but i am the eternal optimist. The current traffic court is a waste of time and they know that, so why not enact a harsh ticketing system that must be paid within 48 hrs and let them go to the same court system they abuse and argue a case to have the fine reversed and money refunded? Time to take the delays in our court system that they take advantage of and let them get a feel for it when its not working in their favour anymore.

• John ! you are talking about traffic rules in a " real world " country, BUT hey man . . . don't forget it's buhbados _ BIM that you'd like to see a change of traffic laws.

• Look, years ago back in the mid 60's / 70's there was a Guyanese Magistrate in Barbados by the name of Magistrate Perry . . . who did not like Bajans at all , especially you know what race.

  That being said . Magistrate Perry imposed the highest of fines on bajans for crimes committed and he was extremely harsh on motorists and cyclists who broke the law.

  Traffic crimes in Barbados were the lowest in the Caribbean during Magistrate Perry's watch and Barbados was the best and safest Island in which to be a motorist and cyclist.

  But as far as I can tell from the comments that I am seeing now , it seems as though buhbados is at the top of the totem pole where traffic lawlessness in concerned.

• The facts are there for all to read and each comment above simply confirms what we all know. New shirts and new pants will change nothing! Start by charging the dam owners along with the drivers for each offense. Forget carrying them to court and introduce a ticketing system that must be paid in 48 hours at any police station. Failure to do this will result in the vehicle being towed and impounded. Of course if the said ZR drivers want to challenge the charge after paying the ticket and fees to clear the vehicle, they are free to do so and use the same court system to wait their turn to have their case heard. Stop playing with this problem and deal with them where they will feel it, in their pocket!

• Enforcement Enforcement...saw a ZR this afternoon on Spring Garden highway drive across the medium in the middle by Courts to go back to Rianna Drive so he could avoid police further down the highway dealing with bumper accident. They just don’t care and the owners and drivers need to face the court together for the same charge!

• They do sll kinds of things that are wrong

• But Transport Authority is tryiny to instilll some comon sence in the children who we call adults

• Right-on JOHN; also with a bottle of deodorant and their heels must be covered, no more slippers.

• ALAN WINTER :
  Sound byte 1 :Some of the PSVs do as they like bcos as Ossie Moore said some owners are politicians and high-ups….

  Sound byte 2 : How can you get a group to abide by rules when some of the rule-breakers are the rule-makers themselves.

  Ossie Moore : Exactly , 95% of the PSV's are owned by politicians , taxi drivers , big ups ( as bajans usually say ) and even by some employees of the Transport Board.

  So asking the PSV owners to clean up their act is like asking to Police to Police and investigate themselves.