Wanted: Cameras at all ‘black spots’ on roads

President of Arrive Alive Sharon Inglefield yesterday said it is her hope Minister of Works and Transport Rohan Sinanan and his team include cameras at all “black spots” on the roads.

Inglefield also said Arrive Alive is appealing to the architects and engineers of the road network to consider converting signalised intersections to roundabouts.

She said throughout the developed world, and where there is a high volume of traffic at complex intersections, roundabouts continue to be beneficial in saving more lives and keeping families together.

“These roundabouts are cheaper to construct and maintain versus traffic lights. It is a fact roundabouts slow down traffic and save lives. However, there is a need to train and re-educate drivers on how to use roundabouts, via a transparent and effective licensing system, and via the courts through defensive driving when penalising drivers,” Inglefield said. Inglefield said Arrive Alive is aware that many red and amber lights are broken repeatedly at signalised intersections throughout TT. She said it is imperative that the implementation of spot-speed cameras is placed on the front burner by leaders and policy-makers, since there have been several fatalities this year because of the lack of enforcement by technology. “To our knowledge, the last fatality at a signalised intersection this year was at the Westmoorings intersection, where camera footage demonstrated the recklessness that continues to occur on the nation’s roads,” Inglefield said. Last week Sinanan said some 1,500 errant drivers broke the red light at one intersection in three months.