Speed guns in effect in Trinidad & Tobago

BRZ · Postby **BRZ** » June 2nd, 2016, 8:00 am

Please come back out with the Radar Guns Mr police men...... you were doing such a great job at keeping all those Tiidas and Pickup jivers in check.............. now they start back their reckless a55ness on our nations roadways......

nemisis · Postby **nemisis** » June 2nd, 2016, 8:05 am

BRZ wrote:Please come back out with the Radar Guns Mr police men...... you were doing such a great job at keeping all those Tiidas and Pickup jivers in check.............. now they start back their reckless a55ness on our nations roadways......

You want to know how i knew you were trolling? Pickup men never did the 65.....

BRZ · Postby **BRZ** » June 2nd, 2016, 8:13 am

they had slowed down a bit and stopped their stupid as5 driving habits , but like the unstable stupidity gone back into their heads again...............................spaceships running wild again

*$kїđž!™ · Postby *$kїđž!™ » June 2nd, 2016, 11:04 am

what allyuh talkking bout pick up drivers...its everybody speeding from ttidas to advans to container trucks....

K74T · Postby **K74T** » June 2nd, 2016, 11:07 am

D pickup beatup has startup.

sliderz1 · Postby **sliderz1** » June 2nd, 2016, 11:58 am

it pick back up

drchaos · Postby **drchaos** » June 2nd, 2016, 1:43 pm

It was fear that was keeping people in check.
Now that people have realized that the risk of being caught is extremely low since they only have 6 guns for the whole country coupled with T&T police work ethics.
When they dropped the guns on the public I was driving 80 for the first week, then around 90 for the second and now I do about 100. I would sometimes slow down to 80 at certain points on the highway (mainly due to paranoia).

GixxerMan · Postby **GixxerMan** » June 2nd, 2016, 1:53 pm

I must admit that i drive 120km even when the police is at the side of the road, catch me first then we will speak.

Les Bain · Postby **Les Bain** » June 2nd, 2016, 2:02 pm

Yeah, it seems like the initial fear for the most part is wearing off, but I'll try as best to stick to 80. Might sound like a kooky conspiracy theory, but fines are guaranteed if motorists get a false sense of security and return to their previous driving habits. People will get caught eventually, especially if the government purchases additional guns on the DL.

BRZ · Postby **BRZ** » June 2nd, 2016, 2:35 pm

However over the past few weeks since the "scare" there have been a lot LESS serious accidents.

sMASH · Postby **sMASH** » June 2nd, 2016, 3:41 pm

They were looking for the grenade man. They declare and now the fine back to make some money on the highway.
Jess bump it up to 120 and done.

sMASH · Postby **sMASH** » June 2nd, 2016, 3:46 pm

British ColumbiaEdit

In British Colombia, a review of speed limits conducted in 2002 and 2003 for the Ministry of Transportation found that posted limits on investigated roads were unrealistically low for 1309 km and unrealistically high for 208 km. The report recommended increasing speed limits on multi-lane limited-access highways constructed to high design standards from 110 km/h to 120 km/h.[31] As described in that report, the Ministry is currently using "...Technical Circular T-10/00 [...] to assess speed limits. The practice considers the 85th percentile speed, road geometry, roadside development, and crash history." In July 2014, speed limits were adjusted on many of the province's highways, including some which were increased to 120 km/h (75 mph), currently the highest speed limit in Canada.[32]
OntarioEdit

Speed limits on Ontario freeways were lowered from 70 miles per hour (110 km/h) to 60 miles per hour (97 km/h) during the 1970s energy crisis[33] and remained at the nearest equivalent (100 km/h) upon conversion to metric measurements in 1977.

In Ontario, "speed too fast" is responsible for just 2.1% of road fatalities,[34] while "speeding" accounts for 55.4% of all driving convictions.[35] An Ontario-based group is lobbying to increase speed limits from 100 km/h to 130 km/h (81 mph).[36]

In 2015, the Ontario government announced a plan to reduce residential speed limits from the statutory default 50 km/h, either by reducing the statutory limit to 40 km/h or by giving municipalities the option to set their own statutory speed limits, as well as allowing posted speed limits in school zones to be lowered to 30 km/h.[37]

Redman · Postby **Redman** » June 2nd, 2016, 3:54 pm

I hope the keep the ticketing up and stay on the roads 24 7

rspann · Postby **rspann** » June 2nd, 2016, 3:58 pm

sMASH wrote:British ColumbiaEdit

In British Colombia, a review of speed limits conducted in 2002 and 2003 for the Ministry of Transportation found that posted limits on investigated roads were unrealistically low for 1309 km and unrealistically high for 208 km. The report recommended increasing speed limits on multi-lane limited-access highways constructed to high design standards from 110 km/h to 120 km/h.[31] As described in that report, the Ministry is currently using "...Technical Circular T-10/00 [...] to assess speed limits. The practice considers the 85th percentile speed, road geometry, roadside development, and crash history." In July 2014, speed limits were adjusted on many of the province's highways, including some which were increased to 120 km/h (75 mph), currently the highest speed limit in Canada.[32]
OntarioEdit

Speed limits on Ontario freeways were lowered from 70 miles per hour (110 km/h) to 60 miles per hour (97 km/h) during the 1970s energy crisis[33] and remained at the nearest equivalent (100 km/h) upon conversion to metric measurements in 1977.

In Ontario, "speed too fast" is responsible for just 2.1% of road fatalities,[34] while "speeding" accounts for 55.4% of all driving convictions.[35] An Ontario-based group is lobbying to increase speed limits from 100 km/h to 130 km/h (81 mph).[36]

In 2015, the Ontario government announced a plan to reduce residential speed limits from the statutory default 50 km/h, either by reducing the statutory limit to 40 km/h or by giving municipalities the option to set their own statutory speed limits, as well as allowing posted speed limits in school zones to be lowered to 30 km/h.[37]

sMASH · Postby **sMASH** » June 2nd, 2016, 4:38 pm

Real world 'testing' shows it can handle a lot more than 120.

stev · Postby **stev** » June 2nd, 2016, 4:47 pm

any fatal accidents since they started enforcing the speed limit? genuine question.....wasnt into news for a while

Allergic2BunnyEars · Postby **Allergic2BunnyEars** » June 2nd, 2016, 5:13 pm

sMASH wrote:Real world 'testing' shows it can handle a lot more than 120.

Too bad that's not how limits are set.

rspann · Postby **rspann** » June 2nd, 2016, 5:20 pm

Read the piece that I highlighted above ,and compare to our highways with it's poor design and construction, it's many entrances and exits, sheit people even open their driveways onto the highway and have business places too.

Redman · Postby **Redman** » June 2nd, 2016, 5:26 pm

And how compliant the CONSTRUCTION was with the design spec.

redmanjp · Postby **redmanjp** » June 2nd, 2016, 6:15 pm

Hinds: No increase in speed limit
BY: Loop News
12:37, June 1, 2016

The speed limit on the nation's roads won't be increasing anytime soon.

Speaking to the media yesterday, Fitzgerald Hinds, Works and Transport Minister, said experts from the Ministry suggest that certain measures be put in place before the 80 kph speed limit on the highways be increased to 100 kph.

He said the recommendation is contained in the report on the proposed increase which he has received.

Hinds said since the police started using the speed guns, there have been fewer violations.

He also praised drivers for obeying the law, especially since the long weekend passed without any road fatalities.

“I want to salute Trinidad and Tobago because we had, perhaps for the first time in a long time in the nation’s history, an accident-free or at least a fatal accident- free long holiday weekend," he said.

He said there are plans to erect more barriers along the highways to reduce the incidence of vehicles jumping the median into oncoming traffic.

"Expert advice and budget constraints will determine where to install cable barriers and where New Jersey barriers would be better suited," he said.

Hinds was speaking to the media yesterday afternoon at the Licensing Office on Wrightson Road, Port-of-Spain, where he met with staff about working conditions and other issues.

Addressing corruption issues, the Minister appealed to the public to notify the authorities of corruption in the Licensing offices such as paying for certified copies and passing driving tests.

"I am asking the citizens of Trinidad and Tobago if anyone invites you to pay for a licensing permit, mark the money, call the police, organise a sting operation, get the information to my permanent secretary, to the Transport Commissioner to me personally or the nearest police officer," he said.

He said the Motor Vehicle Authority Bill would address some of these issues as it would it easier for a customer to access services.

He said the Bill lapsed during the last session of Parliament but since his party came into office, it has been tweaked and passed through the Legislative Review Committee.

Allergic2BunnyEars · Postby **Allergic2BunnyEars** » June 2nd, 2016, 6:39 pm

epic beatup incoming...

Gem_in_i · Postby **Gem_in_i** » June 2nd, 2016, 7:01 pm

Was on highway north and south bound today. Everybody was passing me as usual.

drchaos · Postby **drchaos** » June 2nd, 2016, 8:33 pm

Typical ... from the jokers we call politicians in T&T.

redmanjp · Postby **redmanjp** » June 2nd, 2016, 9:03 pm

that headline might be a bit misleading- they just have to put things in place (e.g.- cable barriers) before they raise the limit- not that they NEVER raising the limit

*$kїđž!™ · Postby *$kїđž!™ » June 2nd, 2016, 9:08 pm

Ridiculousness from a ridiculous administration

Joshie23 · Postby **Joshie23** » June 2nd, 2016, 9:58 pm

*$kїđž!™ wrote:Ridiculousness from a ridiculous administration

Please elaborate.

Rory Phoulorie · Postby **Rory Phoulorie** » June 2nd, 2016, 10:22 pm

I fed up trying to talk some sense in this thread.

viedcht · Postby **viedcht** » June 2nd, 2016, 11:00 pm

Relax then uncle... most yuh could do is voice yuh opinion. Everybody does see the same ting differently.

sMASH · Postby **sMASH** » June 2nd, 2016, 11:06 pm

There is no beat up. They used theit calculators and said only snails can use the highways safely. The only argument I can pose is that donkey years now people have been using the same highways at higher speeds quite well, and that the accidents were due to inconsiderate driving, not necessarily the speed.

Tnt highways: going nowhere slowly.

drchaos · Postby **drchaos** » June 3rd, 2016, 8:15 am

Les Bain wrote:Yeah, it seems like the initial fear for the most part is wearing off, but I'll try as best to stick to 80. Might sound like a kooky conspiracy theory, but fines are guaranteed if motorists get a false sense of security and return to their previous driving habits. People will get caught eventually, especially if the government purchases additional guns on the DL.

Even with the purchase of additional guns (which may never happen since they have no money, unless they need to finish a stadium then somehow a cool few hundred million appears) the main problem is TTPS and their work ethic.

Recently had a person come into our work place which is a gov. institution, threaten to kill staff members, destroyed some chairs and was cussing loudly. Police were called and was a no show, one of the staff members had to jump into his vehicle and drive to the police station and beg them to come. When they did eventually show up the guy calmed down. When asked about charges for his death threats, destruction of property and cussing the police simply responded that they did not witness any of that.