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An instructor on a motorcycle safety course is to take over as the island’s road safety officer after the previous holder left the job. Rachael Robinson, a Project Ride instructor, has taken over from David Minors. Ms Robinson has been an instructor...

Bermuda has many things to be proud about, but an undercurrent of alcoholism throughout our community has taken a heavy toll, penetrating the core culture of our social environment. Few families on the island have been untouched by the abuse of alco...

The Government is considering a proposal to lower the legal alcohol limit in an attempt to reduce road deaths by 25 per cent. David Minors, the road safety officer at the Transportation Control Department and executive officer of the Bermuda Road Sa...

Dear Sir, I’m writing your column once again, looking for someone to answer my question concerning driving without lights with cars, trucks, vans, mopeds, motorbikes and scooters, even some other types of vehicles at times after 5pm when people are t...

Road Safety watchdogs yesterday highlighted ways for the public to stay safe on the roads over the holiday weekend. A spokesman for the Bermuda Road Safety Council said the Bermuda Day holiday was the “unofficial start to the summer”. He added that ...

Dunkley’s Dairy managers told a court yesterday that they could not remember an employee accused of causing death by careless driving complain about a steering problem with his truck. Kyle Dailey, sales manager at the company, said Clinton Smith had ...

A mother who lost her son to a case of careless driving a year ago has warned a second of inattention on the roads can cause death and destroy lives. Kareen Richardson’s son, Jokeem Richardson, was 23 when he was crushed between a car and a truck wh...

Last week, I witnessed what could have been a horrendous accident. Travelling west, not far from Harrington Hundreds Road at 10.15am, I watched a livery scooter with a driver and a pillion passenger lose control in the eastbound lane and hit a wall. ...

Confused drivers have blasted changes to road markings at a busy junction in Hamilton. Motorists have complained on social media about the new layout at the intersection of Reid Street and Queen Street in the city. Edward Benevides, chief operating o...

An education and counselling course offered to convicted impaired drivers should be mandatory, a counsellor said. Fiona Elkinson who has treated hundreds of people, added the main reason participants attended the course was to have their road ban re...

Dear Sir, Dennis Lister III said that speed cameras are not in this year’s Budget but maybe next. This is typical doublespeak; no real commitment. What is the cost of island-wide speed cameras and what is involved in the implementation? What legisla...

In January 2009, as the Shadow Minister of Transport, I penned a letter to The Royal Gazette, which said as follows: “The year 2008 will be remembered for many things. One of the worst things, however, is the unacceptably high number of road deaths. ...