{"id":26507,"date":"2025-02-09T03:11:21","date_gmt":"2025-02-09T03:11:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=26507"},"modified":"2025-02-09T03:11:21","modified_gmt":"2025-02-09T03:11:21","slug":"traffic-departments-crackdown-on-road-lawlessness-showing-positive-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/traffic-departments-crackdown-on-road-lawlessness-showing-positive-results\/","title":{"rendered":"Traffic Department&#8217;s Crackdown on Road Lawlessness Showing Positive Results"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Nakasia Logan | January 22, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Traffic Department&#8217;s intensified efforts to address lawlessness on Guyana&#8217;s roadways are yielding promising results, following a mandate issued by President Irfaan Ali late last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the third quarter of 2024, the nation experienced a spike in road accidents, leading to tragic loss of life and extensive damage to infrastructure. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In response, President Ali issued a stern warning to reckless drivers, pledging immediate and robust measures to tackle road indiscipline. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The President emphasized the use of CCTV cameras to identify and hold accountable errant drivers, particularly truck drivers who have been a major concern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Inspector Sherwin Henry of the Traffic Department&#8217;s Education Division highlighted the department&#8217;s ongoing commitment to improving road safety. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through a strategic plan that combines public awareness campaigns and stringent enforcement, the department has seen notable improvements in driver discipline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So far this year, over 17,000 traffic violations have been processed, a substantial increase from 8,000 violations in the previous year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The renewed focus on enforcement, along with the use of body cameras to enhance accountability, has contributed to a 75% decrease in road accidents and an 80% reduction in traffic-related fatalities for 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Inspector Henry assured that these efforts will continue as the department works toward fostering safer driving practices across the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Nakasia Logan | January 22, 2025 The Traffic Department&#8217;s intensified efforts to address lawlessness on Guyana&#8217;s roadways are yielding promising results, following a mandate issued by President Irfaan Ali&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":25569,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26507"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26507\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26508,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26507\/revisions\/26508"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}