Thomas warns of zero tolerance for traffic offenders
September 18, 2006
Commissioner of Police Lucius Thomas has again warned motorists who break the Road Traffic Act that law enforcement officers will be coming after them with a zero-tolerance approach.
Speaking at the funeral of Superintendent Cornelius Walker of Area Four, who succumbed to injuries on September 3, following a motor vehicle accident, Commissioner Thomas said that the law must take its course to deal with problems on the road, where drivers take charge of the road as if they have no knowledge to do better.
The commissioner told the hundreds who gathered at the Portmore Seventh-day Adventist Church that there needs to be a unified approach to curb the problem of speeding.
"I am asking that all law enforcement officers, be it traffic or otherwise, have a zero-tolerance approach where irresponsible behaviour on the road is concern, or there will be many more families such as Mr. Walker's, grieving."
He said it's not only in the case of a policeman's death where this must be looked into as many persons were meeting their death because someone broke a traffic light, stop sign or ignored one-way signs.
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Author: Rasbert Turner
Source: Jamaica Gleaner
