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almost ran off the road trying to AVOID ... a motorcyclist coming at me on two wheels in MY LANE ...
… almost ran off the road trying to AVOID a motorcyclist coming at me on two wheels in MY LANE …

Hey everyone it is me again. Today’s topic is lawlessness on the roads. It was sent to me and I can agree with everything said. I’ve experienced it myself, have you?

So it was a nice May Day bank holiday. Who wasn’t driving drunk on four wheels coming from a picnic, was driving wild on two wheels. Has anyone here ever seen the amount of motor cycles down spring garden doing stunts every Sunday? I wonder if we should feel good about living in a country where the powers cannot control our road ways. Which are turned into race tracks.

Maybe I am biased, but today I almost ran off the road trying to AVOID a motorcyclist coming at me on two wheels in MY LANE over taking other vehicles. Don’t try getting the number plate because it has none!

So my friends take my word for it, all you have to do to avoid responsibility now is ride a motor cycle. Because you don’t know who they are, and they sure are not repairing your car or paying for your hospital bills when they hit you. Where are the police? I see motorcycles doing wheelies, mocking the police sometimes riding rings around the police vehicles they take no action. They will be quick to pull you over for not stopping at a stop sign, or not wearing your seatbelt, but these guys ride reckless on the road and the police never catch them or even seem to try.

Is this the stage we’ve come to? Where because it might be difficult to take action against a certain group of perpetrators that our law enforcement officers charged with protecting us are now as hapless as we are? I mean if they cannot protect us then who can?

I suppose one day when a motorcyclist hurts a politician or his family something will be done about them. But for now I am going to get a motor cycle too, since it is a free pass from the police. Mr. Griffith sir, you might only be the acting commissioner, but please, try and actually enforce the law against motor cycles too? And NOT ONLY LAW ABIDING CITIZENS. Are you going to wait UNTIL they’ve killed people?

Sound off people, sound off from a FRUSTRATED motorist.

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33 responses to “Unarrested Lawlessness Continues on Our Roads”

  1. David Avatar
    David

    This submission along with the one below by William highlights an indiscipline society. One quality Barbados has always been known is its order. The symptoms are now clearly visible folks. Let the economists worry about the economy but remember it takes more to maintained and fashion a society.

  2. Sargeant Avatar
    Sargeant

    Could someone explain how this post differs from the one about the vendors? In both instances people flouting the law with impunity ( what is the penalty for driving drunk?), some for profit and a few thrill seekers who put the lives of others in peril…… for all I care they can kill or maim themselves but that may impose a burden on society which may have to foot the bill if they are injured or we may see some bleeding heart story in the local rag soliciting alms on their behalf when they are unable to take care of themselves.

    @David
    In the other blog you wrote the following “ Barbados is know for the characteristic of being an orderly society compared to other Caribbean islands”. That is history, in the new Barbados there is a veneer of civility which masks a culture of indiscipline, an “anything goes” attitude which has become pervasive. Culture appropriation has become the norm, we are easily influenced by others and their bad habits become ours while the good ones don’t take root.

  3. Fan Avatar
    Fan

    Absolutely agree with this article and the Sunday wild drag racing by helmetless motorcyclists on one wheel is standard fare on Spring Garden on Sunday afternoons. The open window to the sea between the entrance to the Flour Mill and the intersection of Brighton Hill and Spring Garden is ground zero. The deafening noise of roaring cycles make it like a visit to hell. Crowds gather every Sunday afternoon to be entertained. Police are never around and don’t come when they are alerted of this most dangerous activity.

    Motorcyclists riding on the Spring Garden going the wrong way from Holborn towards Exmouth fly past a police cruiser which calmly keeps on going. Motorists brake in awe of the reckless public law breaking. The cops never stop much less try to chase the culprits. Two riders bareback without helmets. Policemen can stop any of the dozens of cyclists who scare us every minute of the day with wheelies and make an arrest. None of those riders have insurance or drivers license many are convicts and repeat offenders and don’t own the bikes or are riding stolen bikes.

    The RBPF have an enviable reputation in solving murders and serious crime however they don’t seem to care about three activities if left unchecked can ruin this country. First its the lawlessness of motorcyclists and ZR drivers, second is the sickening constant harassment of tourists in Bridgetown, the Gap, beaches and elsewhere, the final one is vendors who are everywhere illegally creating unhealthy and chaotic surroundings. They even accost you in gas stations at the gas pump to buy coconuts.

  4. PLANTATION DEEDS FROM 1926 TO 2014 , MASSIVE FRAUD ,LAND TAX BILLS AND NO DEEDS OF BARBADOS, BLPand DLP=Massive Fruad Avatar
    PLANTATION DEEDS FROM 1926 TO 2014 , MASSIVE FRAUD ,LAND TAX BILLS AND NO DEEDS OF BARBADOS, BLPand DLP=Massive Fruad

    Every year some one dies on the road, lets make a list and put faces to it.
    When they see their friends die stupid , let see if this is their season to join them , Stupid dont know how stupid they are, Once dead and buried , the other stupids, go right back to doing stupid things.

  5. David Avatar
    David

    Yes enforcement can be improved but the problem is bigger than what the Police is able to do. The insurance companies, the Courts and importantly the citizenry need to step up. This is a big ask if we look to how authorities have been unable to effectively manage the. PSV sector for the last 30 years.

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  6. racehrse Avatar
    racehrse

    @ David

    I concur. Since they are a motorized vehicle, don’t the same laws apply to them as do automobiles to operate: (Drivers license, Vehicle license, Road Tax, Insurance).? If so, then the police can easily impound them when there parked about without proper identification. Chasing them down can complicate matters by jeopardizing innocent motorists, and bystanders. I’m sure the four wheelers from these adventure tours are all properly licensed, and insured.

    These machines are bare noise makers, and it’s time there issues be addressed.

  7. robert ross Avatar
    robert ross

    “the citizenry (and others) need to step in”

    How precisely? What do you want us to do – given that I’m sure we all agree with the sentiment expressed in the post?

  8. numberonec Avatar
    numberonec

    This is a very serious situation that’s going on in Barbados which isn’t equipped for this kind of behavior. Barbados when last I checked was 166 square miles with limited space for this display of ignorance. I’m sure this is all part of the monkey see, monkey do syndrome that many of the younger generation has adopted. In the movie BIKER BOYS check out the space that they had to do what they were doing. On the other hand Barbados is much too small for this stupid and recklessness display without regards to human lives.
    All the folks who gather around to see these grown people do this dumb shit are indorsing the behavior.
    The police are no way close to dealing with these bikers in the street in the first place, without causing serious consequences to innocent folks. One person had a very good suggestion to clean up the situation before it becomes even worse.
    Since these bikers aren’t playing by the rule having all the proper requirements to have the bikes on the road. Then if they aren’t able to produce the documentation to have the bikes on the road, then confiscate the bikes. As for citizen’s involvement, that sounds good to a point. Because I’m sure that many of these folks are armed,or has access to firearms, and the citizens knows this. Which will add FEAR for them to step forward.
    Barbados is only but so big,so how can you hide a bike that easily without the authorities knowing how to find them? This is also going to add fear to visitors, which you depend on more so than anything else. So you’re actually shooting yourself in the foot by not addressing this situation like YESTERDAY.

  9. Clone Avatar
    Clone

    I want to say up front that the management of man power in the police force seems to have been a problem in the past as it is today.

    How many cars are assigned to patrol the highways only? State troopers in the US are parked on the highways looking for people speeding.People are aware of them and keep within the speed limit in those areas. I am on ABC cruising at 80km when people are passing me doing over a 100km between Warrens and the Belle.

    Park two cars on the Spring Garden on Sundays with the intention of checking motor cycles.The wheely motor cycles which get away belongs to people who has to sleep sometime.Use under cover to find out where they live and collect the cycles like how they do innocent people early in the morning.Check out all details on them then and charge the persons for all the violations.

    No arguments are required about who is underpaid.If you are in the job, well do the job or leave.

  10. David Avatar
    David

    Some of the biggest culprits on the streets are ‘ordinary citizens’ who drive through red lights, overtake using the verge, routinely exceed the speed limit and the list is long.

  11. Clone Avatar
    Clone

    David
    I wholeheartedly agree with you, especially the women who are always on their cellphones talking or texting. I live in an area where lots of cars pass as a shortcut. 4 of 5 women drivers are on their phones and always running the back of somebody.

  12. Colonel Buggy Avatar
    Colonel Buggy

    No road user has any respect for the police or other authorities these days,simply because those in authority , have been reluctant and slow in carrying our their duties when it is observed that there is an infringement of the Road Traffic Act / Regulations. In our society, if one gets away with something once, he or she will try it again and again,hoping to get away with it, and most if not every time they do .Hence why we, after 30+ years are still pulling out our hairs and biting our lips in finding a solution on how best to curtail the ever present ZR culture that has been allowed to permeate every facet of life in Barbados.
    One day I was on a expansive military training area, I drove towards a main road, looked right and left, observing a vehicle no bigger than a pin head , to my left 3 to 4 miles away ,so I drove through the Stop at Major Road Sign,only to be pulled over by a police siren minutes afterwards. It was the Royal Military Police, who proceeding to give me and my Sgt- Major a dressing down for ignoring the rules of the road. If these guys were so serious about what I had considered a small issue, I gave them all of my respect and avoided every crossing their paths again.
    When people are put in authority they must exercise that authority, otherwise the public, like the pedestrians, motorists and cyclists, would label them as “Bare Boo”, and do an alair shepherd at them.

  13. dompey Avatar
    dompey

    Colonel Buddy

    Thanks for your service to the island of Barbados Buggy. I am quite sure there are those who would ask: what has the Defense Force done to deserve our honour and respect? But that’s beside the point because the point I want to make is in direct response to your vituperative description of the RBPF. Now, you’re probably correct in your analysis of the manner in which some members of the general public regard the RBPF these days. But I’ll caution you not to use an Absolute in you characterization of how some members of the general public view the RBPF. Because there some members who constitutes the higher echelon of RBPF, as I get voice to your disingenuous remarks; who have performed their duty with exceeding courage, honour and distinction. And therefore, must not be numbered amongst those lot which you have made known that the general public have little or not respect for because of they gross professional incompetency.

  14. Sunshine Sunny Shine Avatar
    Sunshine Sunny Shine

    Its absolutely amazing how we speak as if this problem has no immediate solution. There are so many cell phones with embedded video cameras . Why not offer a reward to the general public to capture footage of these stunt daredevils showing off their motorbike acrobatics. Also why have the government not yet introduce CCTV cameras all over at strategic locations across the island. Why have we not introduce speed cameras on the highways and even in sections of the city. Why have we not introduce air surveillance in the form of police helicopters as part of the monitoring and surveillance of our roads.

    We spent millions on a number of irrelevancies and cant seem to find the interest financially to improve the safety on the roads with “make sense technology”. Do you not know how much control can be regained on the roads if the road hogs and dangerous drivers know that they photo, license plate and any other ignorant act can be recorded?. Anyone who think that the motorbike stunting cannot stop in a fork night really has reached rock bottom with the pathetic way we tend to approach obstacles. Darn did I say that, there lies the reason hmm.

    But in the context of Barbados, our function with efficiency and effectiveness can be likened to a non-stoppable force coming up against and unmovable object. There must be a reason why our approach to this problem is stymied. Must be investments in ZR’s or the fact that large sums of drawbacks cannot be found in this type implementation. After all you can’t hide large drawbacks in deals such as this since a fixed price for the equipment can easily be trace, compared to massive projects like the Dodds maximum security prison. Definitely can hide a few millions in there for the passing of the fees in the cane ground deals.

  15. islandgal246 Avatar
    islandgal246

    The people who made the video about the pissers of bridgetown had some great results. The pissers went elsewhere to piss where there were no cameras. Loll. If the police can be seen parking in a handicap area without being ticketed then the lawlessness will continue.

  16. David Avatar
    David

    @SSS

    Several years later, going back to when Simmons was AG, we have not introduced video evidence so don’t hold your breath about being able to use evidence captured by video/mobile devices.

    On Sunday, 4 May 2014, Barbados Underground wrote:

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  17. Sunshine Sunny Shine Avatar
    Sunshine Sunny Shine

    @David
    “Several years later, going back to when Simmons was AG, we have not introduced video evidence so don’t hold your breath about being able to use evidence captured by video/mobile devices.

    David are you kidding me? You got to be friggin kidding me. Are you saying that if I captured a murder on my mobile or digital camera that this pathetic shitety system would not admit it as substantial proof in our law courts? Tell me that you are mekking sport. Because if you ain’t what type of Johnnies we got running this place. No wonder we ain’t fully into the age of technology. This is bare shite. We would never regain control of our roads if these blasted idiots keep themselves asleep in the medieval period of the backward and brainless

  18. John Avatar
    John

    Ok ….. so how come both the characters in the cartoon are white?

  19. David Avatar
    David

    @John

    The grim reaper is white the other is brown. Feel free to work out 1/16 or the quantitative substance of the tar brush.

    You continue to climb higher and expose it all for even the blind to see.

    On Sunday, 4 May 2014, Barbados Underground wrote:

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  20. Wily Coyote Avatar
    Wily Coyote

    Like I’ve always SAID………

    TURD WORLD, a Rule for Everything and Enforcement of Nothing.

  21. Sunshine Sunny Shine Avatar
    Sunshine Sunny Shine

    Please someone tell me why that video/digital/or mobile footage of a crime cannot be used in the courts of Barbados as evidence. I want to understand this to its fullest.

  22. dompey Avatar
    dompey

    SSS

    Because the judicial system in Barbados operates on pure precedent. Question: where the law is silent or nonexistent in a particular area of jurisprudence: who is responsible arguing its existence? For example is it the responsible of the AG office to argue for or again same -sex-marriage? I have little or zero understanding of the judicial process in Barbados.

  23. Sunshine Sunny Shine Avatar
    Sunshine Sunny Shine

    @ Dompey

    What the heck did you just say? Some words I believe are missing but some how I think understand what you are trying. Still is has not answered my question fully. So can one of the legal people with nuff words, maybe my sweet Tea Bush or another come to this lil girl rescue. My brains seeks to understand the system that says – WE DO NOT ACCEPT RECORDINGS AS SUBMISSiBLE EVIDENCE

  24. Sunshine Sunny Shine Avatar
    Sunshine Sunny Shine

    Mr. Attorney General please come respond. i am told that all politicians except Prime Minister Fruendel Stuart, visits this blog.

  25. David Avatar
    David

    @SSS

    Will research it for you as time allows.

    On Sunday, 4 May 2014, Barbados Underground wrote:

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  26. The People's Democratic Congress Avatar
    The People’s Democratic Congress

    David,

    Imagine that – in the first response to the lead thread – you are writing in it, “let the economists worry about the economy”. Imagine that?

    Do you understand what you said?

    David, so-called economists more than any professionals – outside of those who have been members of the DLP/BLP Cabinets of this country over the years – have been the ones most helping to destroy this country in a serious way.

    Write about gross indiscipline and waywardness in political ideology philosophy psychology policy and such like in Barbados society – and automatically think about the members of the Cabinet of Barbados and so-called economists and their gross destruction degradation of much of the Barbadian society.

    PDC

  27. David Avatar
    David

    @PDC

    It was a tongue in cheek comment entirely lost on you it seems.

  28. Colonel Buggy Avatar
    Colonel Buggy

    @ Sunshine Sunny Shine.
    You speak of widespread used of CCTV. I was in the Dover area one night and was appalled of the level of harassment meted out to visitors going about their business in that area. Would you believe that just above these harassers, were CCTV cameras mounted on poles. But as we opened up today’s Nation, we were hit with the unbelievable headline that the Sanitation Service Authority was forced to hire Caterpillars/ Earth Moving Equipment, as all of the SSA’s fleet of Earth Moving equipment were out of service ,awaiting / undergoing mechanical repairs.
    What has this got to do with CCTV Cameras? It brings out the fact that we could install nineteen hundred Cameras, if they are not maintained, they will end up just like the SSA’s fleet of trucks and Tractors, the Transport Board’s Buses, and the Hospital’s Ambulances? All knackered and thrown to oneside.

  29. Colonel Buggy Avatar
    Colonel Buggy

    dompey | May 4, 2014 at 12:37 AM |

    Colonel Buddy

    Thanks for your service to the island of Barbados Buggy. I am quite sure there are those who would ask: what has the Defense Force done to deserve our honour and respect?
    **************************************************
    Sorry my Brother, but I cannot speak for the Defence Force, having not served in that organisation. Perhaps you should direct that question to Caswell.

  30. Sargeant Avatar
    Sargeant

    @Colonel Buggy
    if they are not maintained, they will end up just like the SSA’s fleet of trucks and Tractors, the Transport Board’s Buses, and the Hospital’s Ambulances? All knackered and thrown to oneside
    +++++++++++
    You do know that maintenance costs are never factored into the cost of anything in Barbados don’t you?? Do you see how many buildings look old and run down before their time? Exhibit no. 1 is the Hilton which was built, torn down and rebuilt in the span of 30-40 years meanwhile Bajans go to the Metropolitan countries and marvel at the 18th and 19th century architecture they see in those places.

    Meanwhile we can’t keep the buildings built in the 20th century standing.

  31. Sunshine Sunny Shine Avatar
    Sunshine Sunny Shine

    @Colonel Buggy

    I hearing that loud and clear. But still lets install them to act as a possible deterrent to dangerous driving across our roads. When they mashup and maybe buy back we would have gotten to use them and maybe controlled some aspect of our road use problems. What about the installation of speed cameras across the highways and few major roads. Would those not help deed with the outrageous ZR culture?

  32. Colonel Buggy Avatar
    Colonel Buggy

    This may sound facetious, but we can solve many of these problems using a low tech solution.
    Employ many of those folks from Newcastle and College Savannah , St John as Traffic Wardens and the like ,and you will see a dramatic drop in the ZR Culture and highway madness.

  33. Colonel Buggy Avatar
    Colonel Buggy

    Increasingly when driving at nights, I’ve observed other motorists coming from the opposite direction suddenly veering into my path, causing me to either brake or take evasive action. And every time this happens, I realise that this action was taken by the other driver in order to avoid hitting an unlit /un-reflectered bicycle on his side of the road . The riders of these bicycles , in most cases are wearing dark clothing.
    When are we going to bring these couldn’t-give -two- frigs cyclists under control? Or are those in authority in the same mode?

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