Several drivers arrested during “Safe Road” campaign in Regions 3,7

Operation Safe Road, spearheaded by the Guyana Police Force’s Traffic Department, is continuing, and several drivers have been arrested during the campaign’s rollout in Regions Three (Essequibo Islands-West Demerara) and Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni).

In this leg of the countrywide campaign, ranks from the Leonora Police Station’s Traffic Department have arrested several errant drivers for tinted glass, breach of condition of road service licence, and obscure ID mark.
Similarly, over at Potaro Road in Bartica, traffic ranks have made the following cases of breach of condition of prescribed fitness, prohibition of tinted glass, failure to produce driver’s licence, uncertified motor vehicle, obscure ID mark, motor vehicle causing obstruction, and breach of condition of road service licence.
Dubbed ‘Operation Safe Road’, the campaign has seen traffic ranks in all the divisions rigorously enforcing the laws as those relate to making roads safer for motorists, commuters, pedestrians, and the general public.
Some of the common offences relate to speeding, failure to wear a seat belt, uncertified motor vehicle, prohibition of tinted glasses, unlicensed motor vehicle, uninsured motor vehicle, failure to conform to traffic signs, careless driving, double lines, breach of insurance, unlicensed driver, and breach of traffic light.
Under ‘Operation, Safe Road’ ranks within various divisions have launched a comprehensive campaign to go after errant owners and drivers of vehicle that commit these breaches.

A vehicle’s front windshield, the driver’s side, and the front passenger’s side window can all be tinted, but that tint must allow the penetration of light, according to the Police Force.
This week, Police in Regional Division 4’B’ have pulled over vehicles suspected of having windows on which extra tinting was applied. Also, on Monday, similar exercises were conducted by ranks of the Traffic Headquarters at Eve Leary and along the East Bank of Demerara against motor vehicles with coloured lights and graphic designs.
Another traffic exercise was held on Tuesday on the Diamond Public Road, East Bank Demerara.
This move comes just as the Public Works Ministry has launched its campaign for safer roads by releasing a series of videos on how to properly use the roadways and structures like roundabouts. The myriad of safety measures around zones like schools include pedestrian sidewalks, traffic lights, pedestrian crossings, road markings, and traffic signs.
At the time, Public Works Minister Juan Edghill specifically noted that the culture of minibuses flouting traffic laws while operating on Guyana’s roadways must come to an end, signalling intentions of authorities to clamp down on such practices.