By DENISE MAYCOCK
Tribune Freeport Reporter
dmaycock@tribunemedia.net
THE top traffic cop said yesterday that police want to introduce red light camera technology to improve the enforcement of road rules, but additional dialogue between police and lawmakers is needed to determine if the technology will be embraced.
“We haven’t started issuing tickets using traffic light cameras or anything,” Chief Superintendent of Police David Lockhart, the officer in charge of the Traffic Division, told reporters at the annual Police Beat Retreat yesterday.
“We are just issuing fixed penalties notices right now for persons found failing to stop in obedience to the traffic light.”
Some social media users have been concerned about what the technology would mean for those who run red lights early in the morning during low-traffic times.
The technology is used widely in the United States and other developed countries and was also introduced in Trinidad and Tobago to crack down on those who run red lights.
The technology provides 24-hour monitoring at traffic intersections for drivers who break red lights. If a vehicle is captured on camera running the red light, a photograph and video recording of the offence is sent electronically to the traffic enforcement centre, where it is analyzed and reviewed to determine or confirm whether there was a breach of the red light.
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IslandWarrior 4 months, 2 weeks ago
The Royal Bahamas Police Force has been facing an ongoing challenge with regard to Red Light violations within The Bahamas for a number of years. To address this challenge, Chief Superintendent of Police, David Lockhart, has proffered a potential solution. However, questions have arisen about the racial qualifications of the Bahamian "Civilian Services" that have been ignored for years. Concerns have also been raised that investing millions of dollars in foreign services, promoted by retired consultants from the North, fails to provide any benefit to Bahamians. Instead, these consultants receive multimillion-dollar paydays, which has raised concerns about the fairness of the process. As such, it is imperative that the situation is evaluated to ensure that Bahamians are afforded equal opportunities to provide these services. These services
have been on the table for many years without any response, and require a thorough evaluation to ensure impartiality and fairness.
Sickened 4 months, 2 weeks ago
I've run red lights in front of police and they haven't done anything. They're easy too busy on the phone, or they're checking out some gal walking past or it's lunch time and they got places to go.
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