ALLIANCE For Change (AFC) Councillor on the Region 2 (Pomeroon/Supenaam) Regional Democratic Council (RDC), Mr. Naithram has questioned the actions of Traffic Police on Essequibo Coast.

Speaking at the September statutory meeting of the RDC, he said he has made several reports concerning speeding and overloading of hire cars and minibuses and the Traffic Department has done little about them.
However, Regional Chairman, Mr. Parmanand Persaud assured councillors that the issue will be raised with the police, again.
He informed councillors that he has seen evidence of traffic officers performing duties at pedestrian crossings near schools in the mornings and afternoons.
However, Naithram insisted that traffic ranks must use their authority and the laws to remove ‘boom boom’ music systems from cars and minibuses.
The AFC councillor, who is also a hire car driver, said the police are not enforcing the laws.
Carelessly
He also lashed out at schoolchildren, mostly from secondary schools, who are using the roads very carelessly.
Naithram said, when schools are dismissed in the afternoons, children who should be walking two abreast are in groups causing serious problems to drivers.
Responding to the AFC Councillor, Chairman of the Education and Training Sub-Committee of the RDC, Mr. Rudolph Williams said officers of the Traffic Department will soon start a programme of visiting schools to talk on road safety practice.
Regional Chairman, Mr. Parmanand Persaud told councillors that road safety is everybody’s business and called on parents to help educate their children on using the road safely.
A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) Councillor, Mr. Wazir Latiff supported the AFC call for the police to enforce the traffic laws concerning speeding and overloading.
Only recently an overloaded minibus and a speeding car collided on the Lima Public Road, causing the death of three persons and left several others seriously injured.
With the increased number of vehicles on the road, Essequibians are now calling for the public thoroughfare to be widened and cater for pedestrian lanes and cyclists.