Dear Editor,
Travelling on Guyana’s roads today has become something of a nightmare. Hardly a day passes but one reads the morbid news of another vehicular homicide. Recently President Jagdeo signed a law which stipulates that all drivers involved in accidents be made to take a breathalyser test to determine whether they were under the influence. This law, if it is enforced, should curb the carnage on our roads. But I am not as enthusiastic about this legislation as I have been about other laws which have been enacted.

You see, legislation is one thing, but implementation is another. Take for example the law governing loud music, speeding and overloading.

We have witnessed countless cases of these kinds of lawlessness right beneath the very eyes of law enforcement, and nothing seems to be done about them. Very few individuals are brought before the courts to answer charges. As  I write people are dying on our roads while those in authority are fiddling around with the law books.
I think we have long gone past the time of talking and writing about the situation on our roads, and it’s high time that swift, decisive action taken place.
Yours faithfully,
Neil Adams