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rollingstock wrote:There's a serious accident on the north bound lane in the vicinity of gasparillo, any 2nr's passing this way should use alternative routes.
Appears a vehicle crossed from the south bound and collided with several vehicles proceeding north, saw one woman lying in the centre of the road, don't know the severity of the injuries.
And sorry no pics, thought it a little heartless to exploit someone's death or injury by stopping to take pics.
g unit wrote:yep hearing the drama from home
AllTrac wrote:what would u prefer? to be labeled heartless or sexy?
White CZ4A wrote:Nb closed right now. Looks very serious.
zcarz wrote:these fackers wanna drive like mukumflaps and kill everybody on the other side (like what almost happen with that navara yesterday, luckily the ditch was very deep and the van didn't come up the other side), i say construct a concrete division in the middle of the median on the UBH so they won't kill innocent people.. this really needs to be done.
Story Created: Dec 27, 2010 at 10:44 PM ECT
Story Updated: Dec 27, 2010 at 10:44 PM ECT
Minister of Works and Transport Jack Warner says cable barriers will be installed along the median of some of the nation's highways by the end of next month.
The minister's assurance comes in the wake of eight road fatalities over the Christmas weekend and renewed calls for the installation of the barriers by members of the public. Two of the fatal accidents involved vehicles crossing the median and crashing into traffic in the opposite lane.
On Christmas Eve night, five people, including a two-year-old girl, were killed in a three-car smash-up along the east-bound lane of the Churchill-Roosevelt Highway near the Piarco intersection.
Guyanese nationals Renison Roberts, 38; his wife Pamela Roberts, 28; Renisford Lewis, 34; his Trinidadian wife Melissa Watterton-Lewis and their daughter, Renisha, died in the crash. The five were travelling in Roberts's car when it crossed the median and collided with another vehicle.
Two more fatalities were recorded on Sunday night when Govin Dalgir's truck also crossed the median while he was driving along the Uriah Butler Highway and slammed into a car driven by Dale Richier near the Divali Nagar site in Chaguanas.
Dalgir and the front-seat passenger in Richier's car, Jean Rampersad, both lost their lives in the accident.
The accidents prompted calls for the installation of proper median separators from head of Arrive Alive, Brent Batson who said that for the past four years his organisation has been asking for the separators but to date nothing has been done.
Yesterday, Warner said the cable barriers have already been ordered and will be installed in the coming weeks.
"We got the approval to install the cable. The order has gone out for the cables and I was given the assurance that by the end of January it will be installed," he said.
The minister said, however, that if the existing laws are enforced and complied with there would be less accidents on the nation's roads. He said he will today ask authorities for an increase in police patrols on the highways.
"Drivers need to obey the highway code and the laws need to be enforced. We need to go back to basics and use highway patrols and speed traps," Warner said.
In August, Warner announced his ministry's intention to place Cable High Tension Barrier Systems along several main roads and highways. A press release issued then by the ministry identified the medians of the Solomon Hochoy and Uriah Butler Highways, as well as a 42-kilometer stretch from Golconda in South Trinidad to the Caroni bridge, as being in need of cable barriers.
"When vehicles cross over to opposing lanes of traffic, the risk of catastrophic injuries is very high, since vehicles are often striking head-on and drivers in the opposing lanes have little or no warning that a vehicle is coming from such an unexpected direction," the Chaguanas West MP stated.
"The time has come for something to be done to reduce the number of fatalities on the nation's roads."
The idea of bringing cable barriers, which appear on many roads and highways overseas, was first courted by former works minister, Colm Imbert, two years ago.
novastar1 wrote:zcarz wrote:these fackers wanna drive like mukumflaps and kill everybody on the other side (like what almost happen with that navara yesterday, luckily the ditch was very deep and the van didn't come up the other side), i say construct a concrete division in the middle of the median on the UBH so they won't kill innocent people.. this really needs to be done.
I honestly thought this was supposed to be in progress/planning.
eliteauto wrote:http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/Jack__Road_barriers_coming_next_month-112530789.html
Story Created: Dec 27, 2010 at 10:44 PM ECT
Story Updated: Dec 27, 2010 at 10:44 PM ECT
Minister of Works and Transport Jack Warner says cable barriers will be installed along the median of some of the nation's highways by the end of next month.
The minister's assurance comes in the wake of eight road fatalities over the Christmas weekend and renewed calls for the installation of the barriers by members of the public. Two of the fatal accidents involved vehicles crossing the median and crashing into traffic in the opposite lane.
On Christmas Eve night, five people, including a two-year-old girl, were killed in a three-car smash-up along the east-bound lane of the Churchill-Roosevelt Highway near the Piarco intersection.
Guyanese nationals Renison Roberts, 38; his wife Pamela Roberts, 28; Renisford Lewis, 34; his Trinidadian wife Melissa Watterton-Lewis and their daughter, Renisha, died in the crash. The five were travelling in Roberts's car when it crossed the median and collided with another vehicle.
Two more fatalities were recorded on Sunday night when Govin Dalgir's truck also crossed the median while he was driving along the Uriah Butler Highway and slammed into a car driven by Dale Richier near the Divali Nagar site in Chaguanas.
Dalgir and the front-seat passenger in Richier's car, Jean Rampersad, both lost their lives in the accident.
The accidents prompted calls for the installation of proper median separators from head of Arrive Alive, Brent Batson who said that for the past four years his organisation has been asking for the separators but to date nothing has been done.
Yesterday, Warner said the cable barriers have already been ordered and will be installed in the coming weeks.
"We got the approval to install the cable. The order has gone out for the cables and I was given the assurance that by the end of January it will be installed," he said.
The minister said, however, that if the existing laws are enforced and complied with there would be less accidents on the nation's roads. He said he will today ask authorities for an increase in police patrols on the highways.
"Drivers need to obey the highway code and the laws need to be enforced. We need to go back to basics and use highway patrols and speed traps," Warner said.
In August, Warner announced his ministry's intention to place Cable High Tension Barrier Systems along several main roads and highways. A press release issued then by the ministry identified the medians of the Solomon Hochoy and Uriah Butler Highways, as well as a 42-kilometer stretch from Golconda in South Trinidad to the Caroni bridge, as being in need of cable barriers.
"When vehicles cross over to opposing lanes of traffic, the risk of catastrophic injuries is very high, since vehicles are often striking head-on and drivers in the opposing lanes have little or no warning that a vehicle is coming from such an unexpected direction," the Chaguanas West MP stated.
"The time has come for something to be done to reduce the number of fatalities on the nation's roads."
The idea of bringing cable barriers, which appear on many roads and highways overseas, was first courted by former works minister, Colm Imbert, two years ago.
observate the date
zcarz wrote:eliteauto wrote:http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/Jack__Road_barriers_coming_next_month-112530789.html
Story Created: Dec 27, 2010 at 10:44 PM ECT
Story Updated: Dec 27, 2010 at 10:44 PM ECT
Minister of Works and Transport Jack Warner says cable barriers will be installed along the median of some of the nation's highways by the end of next month.
The minister's assurance comes in the wake of eight road fatalities over the Christmas weekend and renewed calls for the installation of the barriers by members of the public. Two of the fatal accidents involved vehicles crossing the median and crashing into traffic in the opposite lane.
On Christmas Eve night, five people, including a two-year-old girl, were killed in a three-car smash-up along the east-bound lane of the Churchill-Roosevelt Highway near the Piarco intersection.
Guyanese nationals Renison Roberts, 38; his wife Pamela Roberts, 28; Renisford Lewis, 34; his Trinidadian wife Melissa Watterton-Lewis and their daughter, Renisha, died in the crash. The five were travelling in Roberts's car when it crossed the median and collided with another vehicle.
Two more fatalities were recorded on Sunday night when Govin Dalgir's truck also crossed the median while he was driving along the Uriah Butler Highway and slammed into a car driven by Dale Richier near the Divali Nagar site in Chaguanas.
Dalgir and the front-seat passenger in Richier's car, Jean Rampersad, both lost their lives in the accident.
The accidents prompted calls for the installation of proper median separators from head of Arrive Alive, Brent Batson who said that for the past four years his organisation has been asking for the separators but to date nothing has been done.
Yesterday, Warner said the cable barriers have already been ordered and will be installed in the coming weeks.
"We got the approval to install the cable. The order has gone out for the cables and I was given the assurance that by the end of January it will be installed," he said.
The minister said, however, that if the existing laws are enforced and complied with there would be less accidents on the nation's roads. He said he will today ask authorities for an increase in police patrols on the highways.
"Drivers need to obey the highway code and the laws need to be enforced. We need to go back to basics and use highway patrols and speed traps," Warner said.
In August, Warner announced his ministry's intention to place Cable High Tension Barrier Systems along several main roads and highways. A press release issued then by the ministry identified the medians of the Solomon Hochoy and Uriah Butler Highways, as well as a 42-kilometer stretch from Golconda in South Trinidad to the Caroni bridge, as being in need of cable barriers.
"When vehicles cross over to opposing lanes of traffic, the risk of catastrophic injuries is very high, since vehicles are often striking head-on and drivers in the opposing lanes have little or no warning that a vehicle is coming from such an unexpected direction," the Chaguanas West MP stated.
"The time has come for something to be done to reduce the number of fatalities on the nation's roads."
The idea of bringing cable barriers, which appear on many roads and highways overseas, was first courted by former works minister, Colm Imbert, two years ago.
observate the date
wow, thaz sh1t indeed... what really goin on? didn't he also say that we were getting new license plates? what happen to that.. steups.. getting quite dissatisfied with him.
pioneer wrote:yeah well people comin back from pan...PP encouragin lawlessness...this never happen under PNM
Stephon. wrote:I find once you in your car and the car notices that you're drunk, the car should blow up. Normel noemel no more road accidents
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