Cops called out to 16 crashes over weekend
(CNS): Police officers were called out to 16 road collisions over the weekend as the RCIPS relaunched its road safety campaign, Operation Quaker, focusing on nighttime speeding and DUI. Only two people were arrested for drinking and driving, while 12 speeding tickets were issued and another two dozen tickets were issued for other traffic offences. The campaign is in response to the rising number of crashes on the roads in a year where eight people have already died as a result.
“Driving at nighttime already has its challenges with reduced visibility of surroundings, so when motorists choose to speed and consume drugs and/or alcohol before operating their vehicle, the roadways can quickly become a dangerous environment for all road users,” said Inspector Dwayne Jones, who heads up the Traffic and Roads Policing Unit.
“We want motorists to understand that speeding and driving under the influence is just not worth the risk when you consider the financial implications if you get caught, but more importantly, the often dire consequences of being involved in an accident,” he added.
Operation Quaker is set to continue in an effort to reduce the number of serious road collisions, which tend to happen at night.
Chief Inspector Malcolm Kay of Specialist Operations said the RCIPS Special Constabulary officers were helping to boost the police presence on the roads during the campaign.
“We will continue to do our part in making our roads safer through increased enforcement and visibility. And we continue to implore that the public make everyone’s safety a priority by exercising good driving habits, especially when it comes to drunk driving and speeding, which are the leading contributors to fatal collisions in the Cayman Islands,” he said.
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Why does anyone speed on our little islands? Must we really need to go faster than 25 – 30? Cayman Kind should mean there’s no reason to be speeding anywhere in Cayman Islands ever. If not adopted by us all voluntarily, government will eventually regulate additional vehicle safety by mandating maximum speed governors on all vehicles.
Or you could just learn to drive and realise safe driving isn’t just about how fast you’re going.
The Government’s solution? Lower the speed limit on the Esterly Tibbets to 25 mph…..
Signs going up now
Tell me you’re joking.
will keep asking:
my dashcam records hundred of incidents of dangerous driving every week.
why do rcips not want this footage?
why would a police department not want clear evidence of people breaking the law?
if i had video footage or robberies, would they want the footage?
will wait for answers
And you keep being told because your “evidence” doesn’t show who was driving, there is no chain of custody for your “evidence” and short of you making an official complaint at the same time there is no crime reported.
you can keep asking but the answers you get every time won’t change!
I would like to offer a different talking point, one that has nothing to do with driving tests or traffic engineering – distracted driving. How many times have you seen someone drive by you on their phone, or eating or both? I know it takes some discipline, but if we could just focus on the task at hand, we could all be better drivers. Make a conscious decision to wait until you’re parked before responding to that email or text message. It can wait. Our lives depend on it.
They could pave the streets in gold if they ticketed speeders in the daytime and the awful tailgaters
You can pave the streets with gold, but it would be very slippery. It’s a recipe for more disaster.
You’d also have demonstrators shouting “Au no!”
if they are tailgating you – you’re probably doing something wrong. Like driving in the right lane of a dual carriageway doing 30mph in a 40 zone and not yielding when/if you ever pass the car to your left.
Y’all can’t drive for shit.
Actually, the crews who empty the sceptic tanks do that every day.
Third world statistics because of third world local driving habits. Crashes at least 50 times higher then developed European countries. Make people take a European standard driving and theory test,
Caribbean it’s closer to North America. More Caribbean people travel there so best they take a test like USA or Canada
What a silly comment. the Caymanr oad system is based on the UK highway code. They drive on the wrong side of the road in America too.
No chance. The island is too small and too bent. You believe anybody on this island that is fortunate enough to be related or familiar with the driving instructors is going to actually have to pass?
“I’m Jamaican, you’re Jamaican? that’s a pass”. “Same church? that’s a pass”, “Know your father or mother? that’s a pass” “east ender? that’s a pass”
Too tribal and too familiar on this rock. Professionalism disappears out of the window and half arse trash delivery shines through.
Go back home then, simple fix right?
And when only a few Caymanian can pass it then what?
Study/practice more. It’s not rocket science. If you’re not passing, you’re clearly doing something wrong.
My suggestions: Get rid of the roundabouts.
Get more police cars on the streets.
Are there any motorcycles in use by the police department?
People always blame roundabouts but what about the Smith rd and the Jacque Scott intersection which both have traffic lights yet constantly we see accidents. Seems like it’s more poor driving than anything else. People need to pay more attention.
I’d endorse you to become Cayman’s next traffic engineer 5:08, the results would probably be hellish, but hey, who doesn’t enjoy a surprise
If you think roundabouts are the problem then YOU are the problem!
And Esterly Tibbetts and Linford Pierson highways.
Racin’ to the roundabouts!
In the past, when I went out, I would witness a few incidents of bad driving each month. Nowadays I am seeing multiple incidents every day. Unlike others, I don’t think it has to do with the driving test, I believe it has more to do with human behaviour and lack of enforcement. I have noticed many more incidents of aggressive driving since the start of the pandemic… perhaps just a coincidence. The most frequent issues I see are tailgating, weaving in and out of traffic, speeding, talking on the phone, running stop signs, turning without indicators, pulling out onto the road without properly looking, and crossing over the centre line. We must improve this as a country… we can do so much better.
I don’t know how far back you’re going but I came here 15 years ago and the driving was comically bad then and it still is. The complete confusion so many people have at roundabouts, inability to use indicators, even to the point of indicating one way and going another and my personal favorite of stopping to let people cross… on a double lane when the other lane hasn’t stopped is, IMO, clear evidence of a complete lack of driver training and licensing.
Lol I live at Canal Point and regularly people stop on the highway to let me cross towards j Michael. Terrible terrible driving and so stupid. Don’t stop!
So true!
My personal favourite: Stopping IN a roundabout to let a car in, or even to pick up/drop off somebody!!
There are still people going three quarters around – in the outside lane, with no indicator and blinkers on (“if I don’t look at you, I can magically cut you off with no consequences to my car”)!
The police could do better. too!
Believe it or not, there is a great need for this on the Brac, especially around the 3 or 4 trouble spots.
It’s pretty easy to spot a coo car at night. Haha
And you people want to decriminalise cannabis …
Yes. Your point?
Yes, indeed. God’s creation doesn’t have damn thing to do with drinking and driving. Millions of recreational users are regular people who pose no harm to anyone here and its a natural medically proven intervention for many people worldwide
People will drive with it in their system and cause crashes. Doh!
If you think legalizing pot will make any difference on the roads than you aren’t understanding the real issue.
1: Everyone who would smoke pot if it was legal, already does while it’s illegal so moot point.
2: police should enforce all traffic laws because as it is right now, everyone drives like a maniac because we all know there are no repercussions.
To whom does your “you people” comment refer?
Hilarious 2 dui and 12 speeders really not trying very hard there
And 2 dozen other tickets…
Three cop cars on Fairbanks road Tuesday morning. Yes three in one location.
Spread out for God’s sake.
I agree Fairbanks is a good place to do it. It’s hard to do a U turn, the limit is 25 and many people speed, there is a safe place to pull people over…but, surely the need is greater on Shamrock Road, in terms of accident reduction and dangerous driving detection.
Old boys club sharing vapes in one spot then heading to drive around