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20:48Focusing on a developing issue?
21:00You can see the reason yourselves may have seen this,
21:04it is traumatic when you see children injured like this.
21:10present that adults are reminded you are guardians.
21:14And the word guard and guardian is a critical part
21:18with regards to being responsible for their safety.
21:21Now, unfortunately, that drive, if you look at how quickly
21:24the maxi came up while the line aside to the driver,
21:29even with that other maxi taxi parked up there
21:32on his shoulder, it happened literally in split seconds.
21:36Yes.
21:36So the driver didn't have time to react.
21:38You can actually saw he started to move to the right
21:41as quickly as he could, but the kids kept running
21:43in the same direction, the vehicle, unfortunately.
21:46And a caller pointed out to us earlier in the week
21:48that apparently the maxi taxi on his shoulder
21:51had his hazard lights on.
21:53Maybe something has wrong with his vehicle.
21:55So of course, the maxi taxi driver coming down
22:00would not have been able to see that line of sight.
22:04And it was difficult that, but he did his best
22:06based on what we saw there.
22:09I remind everyone, and I'm really emphasizing
22:12those who use the priority bus route.
22:14The priority bus route is a transit route.
22:18What does that mean?
22:19Buses offload people.
22:21Maxi taxis offload people.
22:23And these people, these pedestrians attempt to cross
22:25sometimes on the same side, sometimes they have to cross
22:27to get to where they want to go.
22:29And that's why that speed limit is just 65 kilometers
22:31an hour, so you have more control of the vehicle
22:33when things happen.
22:34In fact, I think that that maxi taxi speed
22:37was not speeding, and that's at a major,
22:41why everybody survived with injuries that is survivable.
22:46And it makes a major difference.
22:47And when persons see this, and this is the benefit of CCTV,
22:52where it removes that speculation,
22:54where they quickly want to blame the maxi drivers
22:56all the time, you know what I mean?
22:57No, that's not the case.
22:59People have to remember though,
23:01pedestrians form part of road traffic.
23:05You have to drive on the road,
23:06expecting these things sometimes.
23:08Always ask yourself the question,
23:10and I ask the public to do this, especially drivers.
23:13When you're approaching pedestrians,
23:15ask yourself this one question,
23:17can I control what they're gonna do?
23:19The answer is no.
23:21What you want to be able to do is control your vehicle.
23:24And that's why from the time you see them,
23:25you recognize them as a hazard.
23:27You start to reduce your speed
23:29so you can control that vehicle.
23:30So if you want to stop, you could stop.
23:32If you want to stare, you could stare,
23:33and that vehicle will do what you want it to do.
23:36When pedestrians, for example, crossing here,
23:39look at the impact to bodies.
23:41And this, we want to take this opportunity
23:43to emphasize in this segment.
23:45The human body, when it's impacted by motor vehicles,
23:47is not designed, is not designed
23:50to take that type of force of impact.
23:52Blunt force trauma, it's in 0.14, yeah, it's in 0.14.
23:55A couple weeks ago in the 0.40 area,
23:57and the elderly lady died.
23:59She died, that's right, we have one fatality out of this.
24:00The driver remarked that he saw them,
24:02but maybe because of the speedy road,
24:04I believe it was a bit wet.
24:05And the road was wet, yeah, he picked up a skid.
24:07We don't know even the condition of his tires.
24:11Yeah, and this is why I'm reminding persons,
24:13when there's, you share the road, you know what I mean?
24:17An alert driver, you borrow,
24:20you're paying attention to all these things happening.
24:22They're in the middle of the road,
24:23it's not like they were suddenly crossing
24:24or anything like that.
24:25But again, it's under investigation,
24:27I want to emphasize that.
24:29But when you see that impact,
24:31and you see these bodies fly,
24:34this is going to be a real consequence to unsafe driving.
24:38Again, here, this was in Montrose,
24:40and the reason why we're bringing these up
24:42is because I have to mention how we got where we are.
24:46You know what I mean, a 72% increase in pedestrian deaths.
24:51But let's look at the pedestrian behaviors.
24:53We're always quick to any drivers,
24:55but let's take a quick look
24:57at how the pedestrian behaviors
24:59can quickly impact driver's options,
25:02in that split second.
25:04Persons might remember this,
25:05this was in Montrose, Chagonas.
25:08This is when the pedestrian was crossing in front of the truck
25:10it seemed like the truck driver was a bit dense,
25:11and then the truck driver continued
25:13and she was crushed to death underneath.
25:15And again, split seconds.
25:18And I know you should kind of give a guideline
25:21as to how to cross streets,
25:22because I don't see myself going in front of a high vehicle
25:26where it is obscuring their view of me,
25:29as well as me trying to look past that vehicle
25:32to see what's coming down.
25:33And it's a horrible way to do it.
25:36There's no other unit in the TTPS
25:39that sees more crushed, mangled bodies
25:42than us at the Highway Patrol.
25:45When that impact hits persons,
25:48especially on higher speeds,
25:50the bones literally are sometimes pulverized
25:54and the human skull is cracked open like an eggshell.
25:57And we have to see this,
25:59and then have to try and find some sort of identity
26:04to this person,
26:05contact their folks to come and see sometimes what's left.
26:09I repeat to Avenue,
26:10everybody's seen this on social media here.
26:13Look at the speed.
26:15Look how quick this happens.
26:16He didn't have, again,
26:18is it that he didn't see her coming?
26:20Did she not see him crossing?
26:22Luckily the police were there.
26:24So he remarked about the speed.
26:25And I think that she probably would have been
26:27over the speed limit
26:28based on the limits that they have on that Avenue.
26:31Look at that speed.
26:32That has to be close to a hundred.
26:33Well, like I said,
26:34I tried to keep away from quantifying.
26:36Yeah, but I'm missing the speed.
26:37It would have, I would say.
26:39Luckily he was sight.
26:40He was sight, yeah.
26:41That's what made a major difference to him surviving.
26:44And the police was on the scene there.
26:45So they were able to quickly.
26:47Quickly respond.
26:48React.
26:49Yeah, and I want to mention a couple of things.
26:51I saw online, and don't get me wrong, everybody.
26:54We can't get away from comments on social media.
26:57We understand that, right?
26:59And that's the beautiful thing about democracy
27:00and encouraging persons to take part in it
27:04and make a comment, right?
27:05But when persons say,
27:07well, how come the police didn't stop and render aid?
27:09They had to do a quick assessment.
27:11I want you to think about it.
27:11It's almost the equivalent of a criminal
27:14just committed a crime
27:17and the officers had to quickly do a scan.
27:20And they did.
27:21I just want you to know, they looked out.
27:22They realized, okay, he was responsive
27:24and say, hey, let's go after that perpetrator now
27:26because there were other members of the public there
27:29and the persons would have called ambulance services
27:33and they would have done the same
27:34to calling command center
27:35to direct emergency services there immediately.
27:38Their job at that point, like I said,
27:40was to apprehend the person, which they did.
27:42And the person failed the breathalyzer.
27:44And there's another thing that's happening.
27:46Going into Christmas time,
27:48we're getting a more and more DUI.
27:49Yesterday, Mark, and Diego Martin,
27:54this drunk guy rubs down two cars
27:57inside the car park of a mall,
28:00leaves the scene, comes back.
28:03Luckily, the people recognize the car
28:05and the police were able to apprehend them.
28:07And he's three times over the legal limits.
28:09That's what we're sharing the road with.
28:12And that's what we're reminding persons.
28:13When you go there and you choose to cross that road,
28:16you don't know if that driver's drunk.
28:18You don't know if he's paying attention or texting.
28:20So do not step into that roadway
28:22until you get some sort of positive communication
28:26and acknowledgement that they see you,
28:29they're slowed down or stopped
28:30and stop that vehicle for you to cross.
28:33Right.
28:34We're certainly going to continue this discussion
28:37after this break.
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30:28This is Mary.
30:31Mary has bills to pay
30:33and takes a chance parking in front of the building
30:35at the no parking sign.
30:37Mary returns to her car and this is what happens.
30:48Mary decides to call when she's five minutes away
30:51to let her daughter know that she is close by.
30:54But Mary forgot one thing.
31:03After two tickets,
31:05Mary just isn't paying attention to her speed.
31:23Don't be like Mary.
31:25Obey the laws of the road.
31:28A message from the TTPS.
31:33Welcome back to Beyond the Tape.
31:35I'm your host, Mark Bassan,
31:36joined today by Acting Sergeant Brent Batson
31:39from the Road Traffic and Safety Division.
31:42And we're continuing our discussion about road safety.
31:44And I just want to remind you of the numbers to call
31:46623-1711, extensions 1992, 1993, 1996, and 1997.
31:54And I have a question for you,
31:56how do you know when you're on the road?
31:58How do you know when you're on the road?
32:00And I have a question for you, Sergeant Batson.
32:05We've seen the prevalence of a lot of hit and run accidents
32:09at least over the last few months.
32:11And I just wanted to find out,
32:13is this a trend of all in terms of statistics
32:16you've seen risen over the last couple of years?
32:20And if you can, what is the mindset of a driver
32:23when they're driving and they hit a human being
32:28and they continue to drive?
32:29Well, I can't comment on the mindset, right?
32:32From a criminality standpoint,
32:35a lot of persons, I've interviewed drivers
32:38who hit pedestrians and say,
32:39well, boy, I didn't know what I hit him, it was dark.
32:42So I thought it was just something that I kept driving.
32:45Some of these people are law-abiding citizens.
32:48And it's not like they have just committed a crime
32:51and they shocked somebody.
32:53I know that in this particular hit and run accident,
32:56the person seemed to, it was lit,
32:59he could have seen you,
33:00you would have struck an individual crossing the street.
33:03And in most cases, unless the visibility is very low,
33:06you must know if it's a human being,
33:08if it's a well-lit enough area.
33:10Sure, but that's where the investigation commences
33:14after that with regards to the conditions
33:15and some of the contributing factors.
33:18But as you correctly said,
33:19the mindset is what you're going in.
33:20Good example, the Arab pizza video
33:23that we just showed, right?
33:25So the driver made contact with the pedestrian.
33:30And like I said, she must have known
33:33because literally, in fact,
33:34ripped off her side mirror completely, right?
33:37And the fact that the person failed the breathalyzer test,
33:43it goes to show, like I said, impairment.
33:45So in some cases, it may be impairment
33:48where they generally didn't, the apathy sets in,
33:52they really don't care what happened,
33:54they just kept driving.
33:55And in the morning, you'll see all this damage
33:57and I knocked on somebody,
33:58well, I run over there, you know?
34:00And in other cases,
34:02there are persons who already are foul of the law.
34:05In some cases, the insurance expired.
34:08In some cases, they borrow a partner vehicle.
34:10Like I always remember a situation
34:11where a mechanic ran over a lady
34:14and the situation was,
34:16that vehicle was supposed to be in the garage.
34:18Yes.
34:19Right?
34:20So he can't, he can't come to stop.
34:23Once he can't, he's not going to stop
34:25because he already doesn't have a license,
34:26he has no permission to up this vehicle,
34:27the vehicle's not supposed to be on the road.
34:29So there are different reasons
34:30where people's mindset causes them not to stop.
34:33That being the case, it is an offense.
34:35I think he's trying to repaint that vehicle and so on.
34:38Yes, that's right.
34:39So he found it a couple of weeks later in a garage.
34:41In a garage.
34:42That's correct.
34:43I recall that.
34:44That's correct.
34:45So if you can just give us an idea of the statistics.
34:47Sure.
34:47As I asked about,
34:48has there been an increase in that kind of behavior
34:51of hit-and-run accidents you've seen?
34:53What's interesting, we've seen a 19%,
34:56of the pedestrian deaths were hit-and-run accidents.
35:01And that's one of the highest stats
35:03we've seen the hit-and-run of pedestrians.
35:04How does that compare to numbers previously?
35:06Well, that's less than 10% in years.
35:08Wow.
35:09So what we're, that's alarming statistic.
35:13And the other thing that,
35:14what you're seeing there on your screen, everyone,
35:16you see that red?
35:18You're talking about almost half
35:20of the person killed on the roads were pedestrians.
35:23So if we were just,
35:25even if I was able to half pedestrian deaths,
35:28we would have had a significant decrease,
35:31decrease in road deaths in Toronto and Tobago.
35:33We actually, for the first time,
35:34saw a drop of almost 25% in driver deaths,
35:38which would usually make up the main category.
35:41So us tackling pedestrian deaths,
35:44and I'm hoping, I'm really hoping it's a anomaly,
35:47you know, as an outlier with regards to
35:49what's happening this year,
35:50because I've never seen anything like this,
35:52and I've been in this for a number of years.
35:54Yes.
35:55That being the case, though,
35:57it is the behavior of both the drivers and the pedestrians,
36:00like I said, what is disturbing.
36:01And persons have to remember, drivers,
36:03and I'm glad you brought that up
36:04with regards to the hit-and-run.
36:08You might be afraid because of,
36:12you didn't intend to kill anybody,
36:15you didn't intend to injure anybody.
36:17But if you stop and you make that call to EHS,
36:23you call 811, that could make the difference
36:26if that person dies or not.
36:29So that may make the difference whether or not
36:31you are going to be charged for causing death
36:35by dangerous driving, you know, or not.
36:39So, it's always in your best interest
36:41to stop and render aid.
36:43Also, how does it look to the investigator?
36:46You know, so, let's stop and render aid.
36:49The investigation will see where everything lies.
36:52Did the person cross heaters to traffic?
36:54There are different codes that investigators use
36:56to decide, you know, what's going to be the outcome,
36:59whether or not you'll be charged or not.
37:00But failure to render aid,
37:02it already skews investigation, more or less against you.
37:06And we're going back to the percentage of pedestrians,
37:09and we were talking at the break about, you know,
37:12there's a number of walkovers in Trinidad and Tobago,
37:15and you were telling me about an instance
37:18in Westmoreland's area there.
37:21This is Elsie Correa on our screen.
37:22Yes, if I can make.
37:24In 2017.
37:26This is an older video, but I want to remind persons
37:28how fast this happens.
37:29Now, you're actually going to see the impact.
37:32This is a dashcam through Trinituna,
37:34where you're going to see the human body.
37:36So look at that.
37:37It happened really quickly.
37:38And that's where...
37:40And what I want you to notice where it happened.
37:42This is just underneath the walkover.
37:46Yes.
37:48This is the disturbing behaviors that we're seeing,
37:51and it's continuing worse into 2024.
37:55So did that driver intend?
37:56This is drive.
37:57The guy ran across 100 kilometers,
37:59and you don't have a chance.
38:01And this is where we're appealing to persons,
38:03you know, knowing, and this is what I always say,
38:06you're forearmed with knowledge.
38:10This is an unsurvivable impact.
38:12You know, see where it's cut, part mark?
38:14In most cases, if you were just behind the vehicle
38:17that made that first impact,
38:19I'm giving you 100%, you're running over him too.
38:22Yeah, because I mean, your reaction,
38:24if you can't see what is in front of you,
38:26if it's somebody's blocking your view.
38:28That's right.
38:29Or vehicle is blocking your view.
38:29So if the vehicle has struck then,
38:31and there's an incident where somebody was
38:34shocking a hit and runs, was still alive,
38:36and then two vehicles passed over him,
38:38nearly carrying his flyover a couple of months ago,
38:41I remember that.
38:42And they minced him.
38:43You know, even if he tried to get, it was too late.
38:45And like you mentioned, lighting and all these things
38:47that affect, but again, it happens so fast.
38:50So when the public, when we show these videos,
38:54is to remind you how real this is.
38:57And I'm asking those who drive on the highway,
39:00I know, I know what you're listening, you know,
39:02well, those pedestrians, they shouldn't be there,
39:04okay, true.
39:05But just remember, when they end up through your windscreen,
39:09we still have to do, it's a lose-lose for you anyway.
39:12So all I'm asking us to do is,
39:15seeing that we're having this type of behavior,
39:18as a driver, as you see them,
39:21at the side of the highway,
39:22just come off the accelerator a little bit.
39:25Give them a little bit more attention.
39:26Start to look in your rear view mirror
39:28to see if there's a truck tailing you,
39:30because you have to slow down the traffic behind you.
39:32I remind people, you are the eyes for the traffic behind.
39:35They have not seen what you've seen as yet.
39:38So it makes a difference if you're able to decelerate
39:40that traffic into that space early.
39:43All right, we're gonna take a short break,
39:45and we'll be back with more on your calls after this.
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41:57Welcome back to Beyond the Tape.
41:59I'm your host, Marc Bessant,
42:00joined today by Acting Sergeant Brent Batson
42:03from the Road Traffic and Safety Division.
42:05And we want to bring you a little bit up to date
42:07with some good news
42:09relative to the accident involving the fire officer yesterday
42:15that you would have seen
42:18when he fell off the train.
42:19So, we're going to talk a little bit about that.
42:21We're going to talk a little bit about the fire officer
42:24that you would have seen
42:26when he fell out of the fire truck.
42:29This occurred in Siparia near the Siparia Public Market.
42:33The officer's name is Edson James.
42:38And we can tell you, Mr. James as well,
42:41he suffered some soft tissue damage to his knees and shoulders,
42:44but luckily no broken bones.
42:48He has been given a two-day sick leave,
42:50according to the Express story,
42:53on this accident, of course.
42:55And they also would have...
42:58I think there was...
43:00I don't know if there was something wrong
43:02with the door in some manner.
43:05I saw some videos circulating with some depictions of the...
43:10I can't independently verify that that is related to...
43:14Yes, but these are some of the photos,
43:16allegedly, of the said fire tender.
43:20And the door shows you that there's no panel or anything.
43:24So, it's quite bare.
43:25You can see all the metal and everything is exposed.
43:30I saw an article where the association, the fire service,
43:33was talking about the substandard equipment.
43:35But, you know, I just...
43:36We are really...
43:37This is fellow arms of national security,
43:39and we're really happy that it could have been much worse.
43:43I mean, that's a pretty high fall.
43:45Yes.
43:46Luckily, we're taking a corner slowly.
43:48The fire truck was going at a speed as well.
43:51That was a very, very fortunate,
43:54in the sense that it could have been worse.
43:56But, you know, it goes to show how quick things...
43:58You see, this is why we call road traffic unplanned events.
44:02You know, and that's why it's so important...
44:04Safety is important for prevention.
44:07You don't know what's going to be the outcome.
44:10When we're out there and we're enforcing you to wear seatbelts,
44:13why do we want you to wear the seatbelt, Ma?
44:15Well, if something happens,
44:17we do not want you to launch through that windscreen,
44:19and for us to pick up your body on the ground.
44:21You know, so these things that we do,
44:24and these regulations that we enforce,
44:26is a key part for injury and harm prevention on the roads.
44:30All right.
44:31We have a caller on the line.
44:32Caller, good evening.
44:35Good evening, caller.
44:36Oh, yeah.
44:37This is from the Sabah Sanctuary, Sahajan here.
44:39So, no driver wants to bounce a speeder truck.
44:47No driver.
44:48They have a lot of stress and trauma that a driver has to go through, too.
44:52And the driver is innocent most of the time,
44:53because these drunk people are running across the road
44:56and playing the fool with their life.
44:57They look here and there's a walkover right here.
44:59And of course, they damage the vehicle.
45:01And no insurance will fix that,
45:04especially if the driver is drunk.
45:06So, I say something has to be done to help the drivers, too.
45:11How about that, sir?
45:14Sure.
45:16Caller, I am agreeing with you.
45:19We have a recent incident I know where there was a female driver involved.
45:24Luckily, the person survived.
45:26But she was so traumatized that she was shaking and crying in the car.
45:31And again, it's because somebody took that chance and the person was hit.
45:37But fortunately, like I said, it was a low-speed impact.
45:40So, you're right.
45:41And this is why I mentioned that that prevention part is so important,
45:46because for drivers, like you said, besides property destruction,
45:51and I would say the loss of life is the main thing we're concerned with,
45:54because those things could be replaced, it's unfair.
45:57You know, it's an unfair disadvantage to drivers
46:01who even if they sometimes wanted to help,
46:04the time and distance they have, there's no way they could do it.
46:08Yes, certainly.
46:10We have another caller on the line.
46:11Caller, good evening.
46:13Pleasure, good afternoon to you both.
46:16If drivers understand the challenges that we face,
46:23we would not be speeding.
46:25One, I stood up on a particular place yesterday,
46:30and 10 drivers passed.
46:33And everybody had a cell phone in their hand.
46:36And this thing is getting out of hand.
46:40It's a phone they make right now.
46:43And I think the pedestrian also is in the same category.
46:50And I think because of this,
46:52drivers need to start to concentrate more and be more observant, right?
46:59And what I observe in also the speed,
47:03the plastic lights on some of these vehicles get very dull, right?
47:09And it kind of hampers the...
47:11So drivers, they take in their headlights.
47:13I clean mine very, very regularly.
47:16Simple things, I could clean it.
47:18This causes, you know, according to the speed you go,
47:21that you're going to overdrive your headlights.
47:25Overdriving is when you have a shorter time to react,
47:29when you see something in front of you, right?
47:32So drivers need to kind of understand to slow down.
47:37And then you, on the highway too, what causes a lot of problems too,
47:41there's something called white-line hypnotism, you know?
47:47And the actual drivers know, like, while they're driving,
47:50about so often, don't focus on the white line too much.
47:54Show your eye left, right, maybe, you know?
47:57It will help kind of break that hypnotism.
48:00It comes like that hypnotism will make you run into somebody
48:04and then you won't realize that you're running into somebody
48:08or you're reaching close to somebody because of the distraction.
48:12So drivers, especially now in the rainy season,
48:16they don't know why they're wiping, but they clean it.
48:19And also, they stop overdriving your lights.
48:22Like, we follow the speed limit.
48:24Yep.
48:27Yep, good tips there, Kola.
48:29So those of you not too sure, just to emphasize something that Kola said,
48:33overdriving your headlights is where you're stopping
48:35the distance is greater than the distance you can see.
48:37You know, so when you actually see that pedestrian,
48:40the speed you're traveling, there's no way you could stop
48:42by the time you see him.
48:43And this is why, at night, when we're looking at RET investigation,
48:48the conditions of driving is a key part.
48:50Speed limits are set for maximum speeds and good conditions.
48:54As conditions change or become adverse, you should be reducing your speed.
48:58You don't have the same visibility as daytime.
49:01So therefore, you're constrained by that.
49:03So therefore, I can't drive at that same maximum speed limit, can I?
49:06I'm going to see that pedestrian later, that cyclist, that motorcyclist.
49:10I'm constrained by whatever my visibility, my headlights is giving me.
49:13And I like the tip regards to cleaning your headlights.
49:16So that's a good observation as well.
49:18Yes.
49:19All right, we're going to take a short break,
49:21and we'll be back after this.
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51:11na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na,
51:13This is my first time here.
51:15Hopefully it's my last.
51:17My dear friends, here we are.
51:20All in our true colors.
51:28Your transfer papers, your key to the Mbule kingdom.
51:33Hi, I'm Lisa, I know.
51:36Here are your clippers, clippers.
51:39Jose, we are perfect.
51:42We run this place.
51:44So let's act like it.
51:46The head prefect, quick.
51:47Is my color straight?
51:48You'll be out of Mbule high before you can pronounce the word scholarship.
51:53We have a mystery to solve.
51:56The only way we can make a difference is if we stick together.
52:00When I'm head prefect, each and every student will have a voice.
52:04We need to show that news quick, Mbule.
52:07I hate this school.
52:16Welcome back to Beyond the Tape.
52:18I'm your host, Mark Bassant.
52:20Joined today by Acting Sgt.
52:22Brent Batson from the Road Traffic Safety Division.
52:25And we just want to give you a little bit of housekeeping here
52:29concerning upcoming event tomorrow in the Bonaire West area.
52:36Neighborhood Watch Group in collaboration with the Bonaire West
52:40Community Council and the Bonaire West Community Council.
52:44Bonaire West Community Council and the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service
52:48is inviting you to an open air safety awareness affair.
52:53What to expect?
52:54Of course, personal and community safety tips.
52:57Citizen Surveillance Network, Eagle Eye.
53:00Neighborhood Watch Group and the community policing.
53:03It starts at 4 o'clock at the Emancipation Park
53:07at Bonaire West, Aruka.
53:10Aruka.
53:11So it's certainly a space for you to come,
53:15offer your suggestions, your opinions
53:18to make your community a safer one.
53:21Sure.
53:22And again, you have officers there that you can give information to,
53:26even covertly,
53:29that you want to share if you have concerns in your community
53:32that they will be able to act on.
53:34And it's one of the opportunities to do so.
53:37So we encourage the community to come out and support.
53:40Any closing words as we go into another weekend
53:43and we get closer to Christmas,
53:45in terms of motorists on the roadways?
53:49Well, I do want to say, Mark,
53:53this is Christmas time
53:57and sometimes the choices
54:01and the decisions you make will make a difference
54:04whether you're putting up a Christmas tree
54:07or a tent for a week.
54:10I keep emphasizing this to everyone.
54:13If we do our parts as road users,
54:17and I'm talking about all road users,
54:19not just drivers, all road users,
54:21this is a preventable tragedy
54:24and that's what hurts us from TTPS.
54:27The resources we take from anti-crime efforts
54:30that have to divert to preventable incidents
54:33like road traffic accidents, it is ridiculous.
54:36Remember, when we have three patrol cars on that RTA scene,
54:39the gunmen now can now do what they have to do,
54:42knowing that the patrols are tied up.
54:44So you take very, very scarce emergency resources
54:47at a time when we need everybody outside.
54:50So we're appealing to everybody to do the right thing,
54:52simple things that you can do,
54:54whether it's you wear your seatbelt,
54:56and yes, you do have to wear a seatbelt,
54:58any backseat, it's not law,
55:00but we encourage you to do so, it's a best practice.
55:02Don't use your cell phone if you know you're operating a motor vehicle.
55:04As one of the callers just mentioned,
55:06it's very distracting, it's gonna remove,
55:08it's gonna affect your cognitive abilities
55:10while you operate that motor vehicle, and that's critical.
55:12Also very important, of course,
55:14is ensuring that you are an alert driver
55:16and not impaired.
55:18The legal limit is 35 micrograms of alcohol
55:20per 100 milliliters of breath.
55:22People ask us, well, how much carob is that?
55:24It doesn't work like that, alright?
55:26It does not work like that.
55:28Alright, so you have to know your limits,
55:30designate your driver,
55:32and please, be safe out there.
55:34Right, so that's what, according to
55:36Captain Sajjan Madsen,
55:38know your limits, be safe,
55:40and I pray that this weekend we don't have any
55:42road fatalities or any kind of
55:44other deaths. That is my wish,
55:46of course, and remember,
55:48repeat tonight at 11.30,
55:50no repeat tomorrow.
55:52The TV6 News is up next, so stay with us.
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