Speed guns in effect in Trinidad & Tobago

[ADONI]

Just took a drive on the highway. 95% of vehicles driving at 80. the other 5% is H vehicles hustling. I nearly fall asleep driving at 80...
Altec55, I feel yuh. When them Tiddas run off, I sure is snow tyres they have on....

[drchaos]

So why they can't implement a graduated licensing system?

Yeah this was in the works by the PP ... sadly they got to busy spending/stealing money and never implemented it.

New drivers had a 2 year provisional permit until they got a full one. Reduced speeds for new drivers and they could only drive at certain hours.

Was progressive had they implemented it.

[drchaos]

Allu tink it bad now?

Wait till they have a computerized registry for the speed camera's. Once that happens the insurance companies will get their hands on it.

Then you get a speeding ticket ... your insurance premiums will go up!

[aaron17]

bad now??

[RBphoto]

So why they can't implement a graduated licensing system?

Yeah this was in the works by the PP ... sadly they got to busy spending/stealing money and never implemented it.

New drivers had a 2 year provisional permit until they got a full one. Reduced speeds for new drivers and they could only drive at certain hours.

Was progressive had they implemented it.

I believe that driver education should start in primary school. Most of the habits we learn is from or parents who were probably not that good (Read "Safe") anyway. Best way is to start young so even the people who are purporting that 120km/h is safe children could grow up right and not have to die through natural selection on the highways. My son checks my speedometer every time he sees a posted speed limit and asks me what the speed of the car is to ensure we are not breaking the rules. He is 4. Some people on the forum here are over 40 and can't comprehend that.

[maj. tom]

They could start driving ed in high school from form 4. Driving lessons from Form 5. They do this in grade 11 and 12 in USA.

[pugboy]

Went grande today, everybody less than 100

[TriP]

Speed Measurement

[gastly369]

Egadddd :/

[drchaos]

http://qz.com/666924/bad-drivers-are-a- ... overnment/

Really good article showing that road fatalities and corrupt government may correlate.

" If you’re in a country where everyone drives on the sidewalk and nobody stops at stop signs, you can be pretty sure the government isn’t working right."

Ending corruption may result in less road deaths than fighting down people for driving at 81kph and above.

[DVSTT]

160 murders in 4 months but the police busy holding up speed guns.
Won't speed cameras been better? So you don't have the expend man power and you can monitor 24/7.

[De Dragon]

160 murders in 4 months but the police busy holding up speed guns.
Won't speed cameras been better? So you don't have the expend man power and you can monitor 24/7.

A more sensible approach from a Government? Surely you jest........

[mark2.0]

Like people afraid to drive at 80 even, men doing 65 and thing, moving real scared.

[jhonnieblue]

People still speeding from North to south on a morning...I drive at 80-90 and most people still over taking me

[neexis]

If they could get people to drive slowly, perhaps they could get them to drive slowly in the left lane?

From what I've seen, on Monday everyone was driving at around 80. By Wednesday, half were driving at 80, the other half couldn't be bothered - men driving at 160 easy. People will probably get desensitised to the threat of being ticketed sooner rather than later.

The idea that any police on the highway could be checking speeds has people slamming brakes at the sight of any police car on the road, or parked on the side. They could have just 1 speed gun, and just have dummy police cars parked all over.. who would really know>?

[Les Bain]

Like people afraid to drive at 80 even, men doing 65 and thing, moving real scared.

They could do 65 all they want, but please move it out of the overtaking lane. Since Monday, it has been challenging to get around these highway tortoises as the other lanes oddly enough are more free flowing and Trini driver mentality views a lane change or overtaking attempt as a personal insult, and they do their best to impede your lane change.

On the positive side, my gas mileage has seen an improvement. Usually fill from a quarter tank on Monday and have a third after Thursday morning's commute. Now I have half tank.

[drchaos]

http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/2016-05- ... -roads-yet

Speed guns not on the road yet!

The one that was seen on the UBH was a test.

[megadoc1]

Last night they were on the foreshore before peaks

[aaron17]

One of the difficult things to do is manage the speed while going down a hill ...
Knowing where there is a descent should be understood..
Unless you you put it in cruise control ..which should do the trick..

[SRASC]

They can't leave the Diego Martin Highway at 50km/h.

[SMc]

^^probably a good thing to keep it low as the amount of people that crash on that stretch is ridiculous

[DFC]

#75km/h crew checking in.

[mitsu_chick941]

some of you who are extra comfortable under 80km/h seems to be the ones who cruise on the overtaking lane while overtaking nothing......probably.

[aaron17]

some of you who are extra comfortable under 80km/h seems to be the ones who cruise on the overtaking lane while overtaking nothing......probably.

..while there are cars on the left lane at the point in time as well.

[j.o.e]

some of you who are extra comfortable under 80km/h seems to be the ones who cruise on the overtaking lane while overtaking nothing......probably.

..while there are cars on the left lane at the point in time as well.

If you are overtaking nothing you should not be there

[Allergic2BunnyEars]

200 km/h crew checking in.

[aaron17]

200 km/h crew checking in.

[TriP]

Last night they were on the foreshore before peaks

[neexis]

200 km/h crew checking in.

Doh lie.. Too much fools driving at 70 in the overtaking lane.

Unless you doing this on the shoulder

[drchaos]

Last night they were on the foreshore before peaks

They testing the new equipment and not really charging anyone.