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– new Traffic Chief plans major crackdown on drunk driving and speedingDead: Rhondy CummingsA trip to the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri ended tragically for a West Coast Berbice family, when a 32-year old Guysuco employee died after the car he was travelling in ploughed through part of a coconut plantation at Bath, Mahaicony early yesterday morning.Rhondy Cummings, of Number Five Village, West Coast Berbice became Guyana’s eight road fatality after the driver of the car Quincy Bailey lost control while overtaking another vehicle and crashed into the bushes, mowing down a few coconut trees in the process.While Cummings appeared to have died on the spot, Bailey and another passenger Kunna Thom of Hopetown received injuries and were taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation where they were admitted for medical attention.The accident occurred around 06:00 hours and it was concluded that the driver of the car who was reportedly speeding, was tired after the long trip to the airport.A family member informed this newspaper that they received word of the accident from other drivers who passed and saw the car among the bushes.Yesterday’s fatal accident comes just one day after two men were killed by a drunk driver on the Essequibo Coast Public Road.Although the road deaths so far this year is three below that for the same period last year, the situation is still worrying for newly appointed Traffic Chief Senior Superintendent of Police Ian Amsterdam.In an invited comment, Amsterdam addressed both accidents,Andre Branch Dolphins Jersey, blaming the one that occurred at Mahaicony on speeding.“He ploughed into some coconut walk, some sixty metres in, I think….we understand that he was about to overtake as well. I’m not sure that we could have tested them to see whether they were drinking at the airport. You know the usual thing when people going away, people drinking…but it had to do with a lot of speeding,” the Traffic Chief said, adding that the area where the accident occurred is used as a speeding zone for many motorists.He described Sunday’s accident which claimed the lives of pedestrians Colin Anthony John and his friend Adrian Junior Osborne in Essequibo as “terrible”.He noted that the driver, who had fled the scene and was arrested hours after the accident at his home, had to be so intoxicated that he probably could hardly control himself much less a vehicle.“If at three something the accident occurred, and six something he still had 114 milligrams, you could imagine what it looked like at around three thirty or thereabouts,” the Traffic Chief observed.This newspaper was informed that the driver and the victims may have all been returning home from a Chutney show that ended early Sunday morning.Amsterdam said that while traffic ranks are deployed at these events to maintain order, more emphasis will be placed on the monitoring of drivers after these shows would have ended.“After events, we ought to pay more attention to persons who leave and are using the roads because they are either speeding because they might have been drinking, therefore we have been looking around for persons who might be indulging in that type of behavior. So we either have to prevent it there (at the event) or we deal with them after they get out,” the Traffic Chief stated.He assured that with more breathalyzers now available to traffic ranks, the task should not be too difficult.This month the police traffic department will be tested in this regard with a number of outdoor activities planned for the Mashramani celebrations.“We have started our operation crackdown between Fridays and Sundays and outside of that we still have our regular campaigns going on.”The Traffic Chief said that although motor vehicles are the main targets of the operation, ranks will also be focusing on pedestrians, pedal cyclists and motorcyclists.While last year’s figures show that private cars were involved in most of the 140-odd road deaths,NFL Jerseys From China, Amsterdam said that 60 pedestrian deaths were still too much.In fact when the number of pedestrians, pedal cyclists and motorcyclists are added together they accounted for 106 deaths.“A lot of times we say the cars are responsible (but) we don’t look at the people who are walking anyhow on the road,Wholesale Jerseys Free Shipping, you don’t look at the pedal cyclist who riding any side of the road and in dark clothes; a lot of times they contribute to a lot of the accidents,Brad Richards Red Wings Jersey,” Amsterdam explained.He said that the police enforcement figures are up, putting paid to any allegation that the force is not doing enough to address traffic lawlessnessMeanwhile, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) repeated its call for stricter methods of enforcement and safer roads.The main opposition alliance in a statement issued yesterday said that far too many Guyanese have lost their lives due to speeding and drunk driving on the poorly lit and inadequately patrolled coastal highways.“APNU has repeatedly called on the Guyana Police Force to ensure that more patrols are provided by day and by night on all of our highways and coastal roadways. The GPF must have the necessary manpower and equipment (radar guns,Deion Jones Falcons Jersey, breathalyzer kits,NFL Jerseys China Online, vehicles etc.) to effectively enforce the law on our nation’s roads. APNU condemns the Minister of Home Affairs Clement James Rohee for failing to pay attention to his public safety portfolio.”