Tag: road safety
Holiday campaign begins to cut drunk-driving
(CNS): With the Cayman Islands’ statistics for crashes seemingly getting worse each year, the police have once again joined forces with Hurley’s Media and the National Drug Council to launch the annual road safety campaign. This is the 20th year that the RCIPS has teamed up with various entities to cut road crashes and stop […]
NRA aims to improve safety for cyclists
(CNS): The National Roads Authority has begun rolling out new symbols on some of the roads on Grand Cayman to indicate where the road is shared between bicyclists and motor vehicles in an effort to improve awareness and safety. The shared lane markings, or sharrows, are either white or green symbols with two chevrons and […]
NRA plans 2nd road safety conference
(CNS): Just as the issue of traffic congestion and the endless road accidents are at the top of the driving public’s agenda, the National Roads Authority is planning to host its second annual Road Safety conference at the end of this month. Among local and international speakers, the key note speaker for the four day […]
Drivers warned kids must wear seat belts
(CNS): The police are warning drivers that if there are children in their vehicles, they must be properly strapped in their seats. Traffic and Roads Policing Unit (TRPU) officers have been increasing checks during back-to-school week and have seen “a large number of children travelling in vehicles who have not been wearing their seatbelts”. Police said […]
NRA to host Cayman’s first road safety week
(CNS): The National Roads Authority (NRA) has announced plans for the first-of-its-kind conference next week focusing on road safety. The conference opens on Monday, 1 October, and includes not just the authority responsible for building safe roads but other stakeholders including the police and the motor insurance sector. Billed as Road Safety Week, the conference […]
Cops and fire crew taught safer driving
(CNS): A group of police and fire service officers has acquired advanced driving skills that will be passed on to other members of the RCIPS and the CIFS. Despite various campaigns to improve driving standards in Cayman, 95% of road smashes are the result of human errors and collisions show no signs of decreasing. As […]
Campaign urges all road users to to be nice
(CNS): Road users are being urged to be nicer and more courteous to each other and take a leaf from the tourism brand of ‘Caymankind’ as a way to reduce smashes and collisions. The government, police and all of Cayman’s Rotary clubs have joined forces to launch a new road safety campaign called “Share the […]
Crosswalks open at three more primary schools
(CNS): The National Roads Authority (NRA) has installed three more pedestrian crosswalks outside local primary schools in Bodden Town and in the capital. In order to improve safety in school zones, crosswalks have been installed at Savannah Primary School, Bodden Town Primary School and at the Seventh Day Adventist Church School on Walkers Road. NRA […]
NRA surveys traffic for first time in 15 years
(CNS): National Roads Authority researchers have begun work on the first all-island traffic count since 1999, collecting information on how many vehicles and what types are using roads, intersections and roundabouts. The NRA’s traffic data collection programme on Grand Cayman will be used in future road planning. The information will be collected via “turning movement […]
WB speed limit cut delayed again
(CNS): The reduction in the speed limit on the West Bay Road is being delayed ministry officials have confirmed as a result of other pending changes to the traffic law. Plans to cut the speed limit from 40mph to 30mph, not least because of the numerous accidents on the road which runs parallel to Seven […]
Cops record 146 smashes in three weeks
(CNS): Despite the best efforts of the police to raise awareness about road safety, from high visibility patrols and road blocks to a documentary on the impact of careless driving on people’s lives, there were 146 crashes on Cayman roads between 30 November and 21 December. Over the same period, officers conducting the Christmas crime prevention […]
